Wick Academy’s final preparations for the 2025/26 Highland League campaign will involve three friendlies in eight days, all at Harmsworth Park.
An all-female team from Rolls-Royce at Vulcan visited the P7 class at Pennyland in Thurso during the week of International Women in Engineering Day.
A scheme providing hospital-level care for patients in their own homes has been hailed by Maree Todd as “a smart way to relieve pressure” on the NHS.
Co-manager Michael Bremner admitted a first-round tie against Wick Groats in the David Allan Shield seemed like “a free hit”, but Halkirk won 3-2.
A volunteer-led summer spruce-up is being planned for Wick on Wednesday, July 16, ahead of the County Show and the town’s annual gala week.
Watten produced a club record score as they marched into the quarter-finals of the David Allan Shield with a runaway 11-0 home win against Top Joe’s.
Wick River Campsite is one of only three in the Highlands and Argyll to be named in a list of 150 outstanding UK camping, glamping and touring sites.
Tom McKenna is happy to have a supporting role in Thurso’s new management set-up as the Vikings look to revive their North Caley fortunes.
An offshore wind developer has begun a new round of funding for organisations and groups working to strengthen communities in Caithness and Orkney.
Highland Council has fixed the damaged fence at Ormlie Park in Thurso and says it will monitor the situation “for any signs of deterioration”.
A new community bus service for the Halkirk area, supported by wind farm funding, is giving local residents a chance to go on essential journeys.
Two long-serving members of the Wick lifeboat crew, Neil Pellow and David Malcolm, have stepped down after 49 years of service between them.
North politician Edward Mountain has made it clear that communities must not be ignored when renewable energy projects are planned in their area.
The five-days-a week facility is giving a new lease of life to the former RBS building and it means face-to-face banking will continue in the town.
Pentland United co-manager Michael Gray warned that “everybody has got something to play for” in the closing month or more of the 2025 summer season.
A wind energy technology company has been confirmed by HIE as the first occupant of one of four new units at Wick Business Park at Lochshell.
There are “exciting times ahead” for Caithness and Sutherland with “good cause for optimism”, according to Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Conor Trueman produced a man-of-the match display to help Pentland United win the Eain Mackintosh Cup – and he is hoping for more silverware.
Energy firm RWE has pledged that its Golticlay wind farm in Caithness will create jobs locally and “deliver economic benefits at a regional level”.
Wick Thistle have “a lot to look forward to” after securing a quick return to the top flight of Caithness summer football, according to Owen Harrold.