A MUSIC and dance show staged in Thurso at the weekend raised over £300 for a cancer charity.
A JURY has heard about a surveillance operation on two men accused of carrying out a series of break-ins in the Highlands.
A NEW dental facility in Thurso should be open to the public by October “at the latest”.
A CAITHNESS police officer recalled a break-in at a tyre and exhaust centre in Wick when he gave evidence at a jury trial in the town’s sheriff court.…
ALMOST £13,000 was stolen in three raids on premises in Caithness and North Sutherland, a jury at Wick Sheriff Court heard this week.
A NEW dental facility in Thurso should be open in September or October. That is the timescale which has been identified by NHS Highland for the £1.2 million…
THREE plays by local writer Murray Watts are being staged this month at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
A CAITHNESS crofter yesterday claimed that controversial explosive tests, which have caused loud bangs throughout the Far North, had “an adverse effect”…
AN international paper makers’ gathering in Caithness was a success, according to organiser Joanne Kaar.
A WORLD first is to be attempted by an Englishman when he sets off on a gruelling marathon from John O’Groats this week.
WICK band Always the Sixth will be playing at the Belladrum music festival this weekend for the second year running.
TWO new primary schools are set to be built in Wick at a cost of almost £20 million.
IT was a record-breaking day at the Halkirk Highland Games on Saturday. A crowd of over 4500 people produced record gate takings of £12,557.
THE remains of a sickle – possibly dating from the late Iron Age – was uncovered at Nybster broch yesterday during a visit by Prince Charles.
A CROWD of over 4500 people turned up for the Halkirk Highland Games on Saturday.
PRINCE Charles will be carrying out a number of public engagements in Caithness on Tuesday. The prince, who is known as the Duke of Rothesay when he is…
A CALL for barriers to be fitted at two level rail crossings in Caithness has been welcomed by local Highland councillor David Flear. He was pleased…
CAITHNESS can overcome the economic difficulties caused by the rundown of Dounreay but the area needs “a greater commitment” from the Scottish and UK…
THE Wick tax office should be given “a cast-iron assurance” by the UK Government that it will not be threatened with closure again.
RESCUERS "gave everything they had" to try to save the whales stranded at Kyle of Durness, according to a local woman involved in the bid to keep them…
