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…
LOCAL and international artists have expressed an interest in creating permanent artwork on coastal paths at John O’Groats as part of the £6 million project…
THE family of a young driver killed in a road accident outside Thurso have been touched by the enormous public support received following his death. Derrick…
‘AMUSED, proud and bemused,” is how James Sutherland, a former member of the local rock group, Radio City, this week described the band’s success in Japan…
A CALL was made this week for local health bosses to provide details of the cost of repairing buildings at the Dunbar Hospital in Thurso. It came from…
CHANGES to bus services in Caithness and north Sutherland are to be introduced by Stagecoach this weekend after it lost a number of Highland Council contracts.…
AROUND 3000 people took in the New Year at the Hogmanay in Thurso street party.
THE Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are to be celebrated with the issue of some very special stamps throughout…