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…
A PIPELINE constructed at Subsea 7’s Wester site has been launched in record time.
CAITHNESS fans who enjoyed music from the T Break Stage at T in the Park will have an opportunity from next week to download free some of the songs they…
STAFF from a Wick chemist shop will be putting their best feet forward when they undertake a charity walk at the weekend.
ELIJAH Wallis feels at home in Wick but then that’s hardly surprising. The showman, who celebrated his 90th birthday on Tuesday, has been coming to the…
A SPECIAL Wick edition of the final book in a trilogy by local writer James Fleming is to be launched next week.
HUNDREDS of e-mails have been received by local MP John Thurso over the News International phone-hacking scandal. The Caithness, Sutherland and Easter…
A COMPLAINT about the conduct of four members of the board of management at North Highland College UHI has been thrown out.
?A PLAN to improve the riverside and mall area in Thurso has been unveiled at the latest meeting of the local community council.
FOR the past 30 years Kate Stewart has been running keep-fit classes in Thurso but she has now decided to hang up her trainers.
A CALL for the current review of the four primary schools in Wick to be postponed has been rejected by a Caithness councillor.
