CAITHNESS could get a jobs boost from a £4.5 billion project to create the world’s biggest offshore wind farm.
TWO Scottish artists with an international reputation will be consulting with people in John O’Groats about a long-term artistic plan for the village’s…
AN accident could be caused by the “extremely dim” lights in the centre of Thurso. Local community councillor Gill Arrowsmith is concerned the reduced…
PUBLIC sector workers in Caithness this week said that more strikes will take place unless agreement can be reached on the UK Government’s controversial…
THE company which hopes to relaunch a controversial heating scheme in Wick next year is confident it will work.
AN assurance has been given to local MSP Rob Gibson over the future of the Dunbar Hospital in Thurso. Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon told the…
A SHERIFF has told a Thurso man he will end up in prison if he continues to offend. The warning was made on Friday to 47-year-old Campbell Freeman who…
WICK is to be visited by Jenny Brown who is one of Scotland’s leading literary agents. She will be giving a talk entitled “Writers in the driving seat?…
THE consortium of UK and US companies which is to take over the £3 billion contract to decommission Dounreay has “a critical role” to play in shaping…
A CAITHNESS mother who gave birth in a lay-by when she was being taken by ambulance to hospital in Inverness, described the experience as the worst of…
DOGS should be DNA tested so those that mess in public places can be traced.
NORTH Highland College is to get a funding boost after signing a partnership agreement with Whirlwind Renewables. The agreement – formally signed on Friday…
A SECTION of the A99 road north of Keiss is set for improvements costing £550,000. The work is scheduled to get under way next year.
CASTLETOWN community council has no chairman following the resignation of Doug Fraser. He decided to stand down from the post he has held for five years…
Tenants asked to sign up to the Ignis initiative...
A REMEMBRANCE Day service in Wick “demeaned” the memory of the men and women who died in two world wars and other conflicts. That was claimed this…
SHOPPERS are being warned not to be duped into buying counterfeit sports clothes and equipment from bogus websites. The warning comes from the Highland…
A PROPOSED upgrade of the Berriedale Braes has been branded “unacceptable” by a former Caithness councillor who claimed the only solution to the problem…
DOUNREAY workers will next week find out the identity of the site’s new operator. Two Anglo-American consortia are vying to take over the running of the…
ROLLS-Royce is committed to Caithness and has work in the Far North until 2030 and beyond. That was the assurance given by the company to local MP John…
