Forss hall was buzzing with a near-capacity crowd enjoying the annual celebrations for Scotland's national bard.
Caithness motorsport ace Jack Ryan picked up the award for top Scottish driver in the Junior 1000 Ecosse Challenge for a second successive year.
Scottish Government funding of £450,000 for improvements to Wick harbour has been welcomed as "really good news" for the port.
In its first three years Caithness Roads Recovery has become 'one of the most powerful campaign groups in Scotland', says co-founder Iain Gregory.
Gary Manson has acknowledged that Wick Academy are in no position to take anything for granted when they take on Strathspey Thistle this weekend.
Scott Davidson feels Thurso are getting closer to a positive run of results as they begin to tackle their North Caledonian League fixture backlog.
An illustrated talk about Wick's historic Johnston photographic collection attracted an audience of more than 100 to the Nucleus archive centre.
A drop-in centre run by Caithness Mental Health Support Group has been given a £3000 funding award thanks to the efforts of Wick High School pupils.
North MSP Maree Todd is being urged to intervene over the need for "basic maintenance" tasks along several stretches of the A9 in the Highlands.
The north of Scotland will play a key role in delivering the low-carbon power that is needed to meet UK targets, a public meeting in Dunbeath heard.
SSEN Transmission has been urged to "call a halt" to new pylons after claims about the reliability of statistics used for net-zero recommendations.
The choice of route for the proposed 400kv pylon line cutting through Caithness was based partly on the competing needs of communities and wildlife.
Controversial plans for new high-voltage pylons will "destroy the Highland way of life" by industrialising the landscape, a public meeting has heard.
Fifty members, helpers and carers attended the Monday Club's annual Burns supper at the Caithness rugby club pavilion Thurso.
North business leader Trudy Morris has said she hopes the sale of Thurso's battery factory will bring stability and peace of mind to its employees.
The imminent expansion of the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross seat at Westminster has prompted Jamie Stone to open a new constituency office.
Manager Gary Manson accepts it is "glaringly obvious" that Wick Academy need to find the net more often if they are to start climbing up the table.
Members and guests of Thurso Rotary Club celebrated Scotland's national bard in traditional style at a Burns supper in the town's Pentland Hotel.
Twenty jobs have been saved in Thurso after a deal with with Dutch-owned LionVolt that ensures battery cell manufacturing will continue in the town.
CHAT chairman Ron Gunn has spoken of his anger and disappointment over the "bombshell" news that new healthcare projects are being put on hold.
