WICK Academy will be aiming to maintain their title challenge by getting three points when they take on Forres Mechanics at Harmsworth Park tomorrow.
John Green, who chairs the Association of Caithness Community Councils, believes the move could have repercussions, though he said the company has valid…
WORK is due to begin next week on an ambitious project to restore the historic corn mill at John O’Groats.
A CARE home in Wick is in need of "a total shake-up from top to bottom," it was claimed yesterday.
The work was carried out using a technique know as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) which uses a laser to scan the ground from an aeroplane.
Ann Hackett, Highland Council’s principal projects officer, was responding to claims from Dunnet-based artist Joanne Kaar that the event was “pointless”…
That was the view of former Highland councillor David Flear who said locums are likely to be recruited until the posts can be filled on a permanent basis.
CAITHNESS schools will be taking part next week in an international event which will focus on positive messages about substance misuse and crime prevention.
AN 18th century Caithness mill is to get a grant of over £200,000 from Historic Scotland.
A DECISION by NHS Highland to postpone a Caithness woman’s operation at short notice was this week described by her husband as "a bloody disgrace."
It claimed three lives, disrupted road and rail links, closed schools, caused power failures and resulted in people queuing for bread.
A WICK refuge for women who suffer domestic abuse is set to close at the end of April.
A BID is being made to make Thurso the water sports capital of Britain within the next three years.
CAITHNESS has been bypassed in a current bid to boost green motoring in Scotland and cut vehicle emissions – but is expected to be included in a…
Eddie MacGregor (17), of Heatherbell Cottages, John O’Groats, admitted repeatedly punching Liam Robertson and stamping on his head at a house in…
CAITHNESS Samaritans have been helping people with a wide range of problems for the past 30 years.
That was the claim made by Stuart Young, chairman of Caithness Wind Information Forum.
And the number of people fined for litter offences in the Highlands has increased from 13 in 2009 up to 20 the following year and then 38 in 2011.
THE new dental unit at the Dunbar Hospital in Thurso is "a fantastic facility" and one which is "very much needed".
THE cost of the damage at Wick Harbour caused by last month’s severe storms has been estimated at just under £500,000.
