OVER 700 discarded cans were picked up by a Castletown man over a three-week period. But that figure was down by half compared to what John Calder collected…
EIGHT cancer patients in Caithness have had to get charity handouts to help them heat their homes.
AN elderly woman was taken to Caithness General Hospital in Wick today after being in a road accident in the town. One vehicle was also involved in the…
GETTING a kick out of life is literally something two Caithness families know all about. Mike Ritchie, from Thurso, his son, Michael, and daughter,…
A CREDIT union in the Highlands and Islands has enjoyed its busiest start to a year in its five-year history. Membership of the HI-Scot Credit Union now…
THE North of Scotland should be considered as a possible site for the headquarters of the country’s new single police force. That is the view of Highlands…
A WOMAN broke a court curfew for the second time in a matter of days because she had no money for electricity and went to a house which had heating, Wick…
POLICE have confirmed the body found in the Thurso East area yesterday afternoon is that of missing man Stephen McGurk. A report has been submitted to…
THE body of a man has been found in the Thurso East area following a search by police, coastguards, the local lifeboat and dog handlers. That was confirmed…
TWO cars went off the road on Friday morning as icy driving conditions affected Caithness for the second day running.
A SENIOR Caithness councillor has apologised to classroom assistants for the time it has taken to end the uncertainty over their jobs.
‘We think Caithness has so much potential just waiting to be captured’, say film-maker brothers...
AN era will come to an end next month when Doreen Turner leaves the shop she has run in Wick for the past 33 years.
YOUNG unemployed people in the North are to be helped by an initiative which has been agreed by the Highland Council.
THE Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the Highlands. Frequent and occasionally heavy snow showers are likely across the North tomorrow,…
SCRABSTER has been included in a new Scottish Government initiative to boost investment and create jobs – a move which was yesterday described as “tremendous…
SCRABSTER has been included in a Scottish Government initiative which could create employment opportunities, stimulate private investment and help economic…
THERE was an increase of 28 per cent in the number of passengers using Wick Airport last month. Figures published by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd…
NORTH MSP Mary Scanlon has welcomed a response she received from Scottish transport minister Keith Brown on plans to improve the Berriedale Braes. She…
THE SNP should “stop mucking about with the future of Scotland” and hold a referendum on independence sooner rather than later to end uncertainty over…
