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More dramatic photos of Wick harbour during windy weekend

16 February 2021
More dramatic photos of Wick harbour during windy weekend

More dramatic photos of Wick harbour during windy weekend

16 February 2021

Dramatic scenes of waves crashing over Wick harbour were seen at the weekend as stormy conditions hit the county.


NHS Highland registers 28 new Covid cases

13 February 2021
NHS Highland registers 28 new Covid cases

NHS Highland registers 28 new Covid cases

13 February 2021

TWENTY-eight positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded across the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.


Your Caithness – Stack o' Brough

13 February 2021
Your Caithness – Stack o' Brough

Your Caithness – Stack o' Brough

13 February 2021

This week's picture is the Stack o' Brough, known locally as Scorries' Island, just south of Wick, taken by Derek Bremner.


Road closure warning in Halkirk

09 February 2021
Road closure warning in Halkirk

Road closure warning in Halkirk

09 February 2021

Motorists are being advised that there will be a temporary road closure on the B874 Bridge Street in Halkirk on Wednesday.


Appeal after vandalism to car in Wick

08 February 2021
Appeal after vandalism to car in Wick

Appeal after vandalism to car in Wick

08 February 2021

Police in Wick are appealing for information after a car was damaged in a suspected vandalism attack in the town.


Your Caithness – Loch More

06 February 2021
Your Caithness – Loch More

Your Caithness – Loch More

06 February 2021

Each week we feature a reader's photograph in our Your Caithness section of the John O'Groat Journal.


Your Caithness – turbine in the snow near Scrabster

31 January 2021
Your Caithness – turbine in the snow near Scrabster

Your Caithness – turbine in the snow near Scrabster

31 January 2021

Elaine Cormack, of West Gills, Thurso, sent this photo taken near Scrabster during the recent snowy spell.


Get involved in Big Garden Birdwatch

29 January 2021
Get involved in Big Garden Birdwatch

Get involved in Big Garden Birdwatch

29 January 2021

People in Caithness are being urged to help in the UK's biggest citizen science project.


BBC in hunt for farmers for new TV series

27 January 2021
BBC in hunt for farmers for new TV series

BBC in hunt for farmers for new TV series

27 January 2021

The BBC is on the looking for another farming family from the far north after the success of a Sutherland family on one of its popular TV shows.


Your Caithness – Coghill Bridge, Wick

23 January 2021
Your Caithness – Coghill Bridge, Wick

Your Caithness – Coghill Bridge, Wick

23 January 2021

This week's photograph is of Coghill Bridge from the riverside walk at Wick, taken by Derek Bremner.


Caithness Horizons on track to reopen 'after lockdown'

21 January 2021
Caithness Horizons on track to reopen 'after lockdown'

Caithness Horizons on track to reopen 'after lockdown'

21 January 2021

Caithness Horizons will reopen under a new name once coronavirus restrictions allow, Highland Council's Caithness committee heard on Thursday.


Scottish Land and Estates welcomes debate over livestock worrying bill

20 January 2021
Scottish Land and Estates welcomes debate over livestock worrying bill

Scottish Land and Estates welcomes debate over livestock worrying bill

20 January 2021

A rural business organisation has welcomed the introduction of a bill which would deal with dog attacks on livestock.


New crofting representative sets out priorities for year ahead

20 January 2021
New crofting representative sets out priorities for year ahead

New crofting representative sets out priorities for year ahead

20 January 2021

The new chairman of the Scottish Crofting Federation says there is much to do to fight for the future of crofting.


Could you live alongside lynx?

20 January 2021
Could you live alongside lynx?

Could you live alongside lynx?

20 January 2021

The Highlands could support around 400 wild lynx, according to a project which wants to hear people's views on reintroducing the species to Scotland.


Door smashed in vandalism attack

18 January 2021
Door smashed in vandalism attack

Door smashed in vandalism attack

18 January 2021

Police in Wick are appealing for information after a door was damaged in an act of vandalism.


Your Caithness – Keiss Castle

16 January 2021
Your Caithness – Keiss Castle

Your Caithness – Keiss Castle

16 January 2021

Kimberley Merry sent us this beautiful photograph from her back garden in Keiss, looking over to Keiss Castle.


Man charged over sneak-in theft in Thurso

15 January 2021
Man charged over sneak-in theft in Thurso

Man charged over sneak-in theft in Thurso

15 January 2021

Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with a sneak-in theft in Thurso and an incident where a male entered another address uninvited.


Ice and snow on high routes in Sutherland and Caithness

12 January 2021
Ice and snow on high routes in Sutherland and Caithness

Ice and snow on high routes in Sutherland and Caithness

12 January 2021

High routes in Sutherland were affected with hard-packed ice and snow this morning, Highland Council teams reported.


Covid cases exceed 3000 in NHS Highland area

10 January 2021
Covid cases exceed 3000 in NHS Highland area

Covid cases exceed 3000 in NHS Highland area

10 January 2021

More than 3000 coronavirus cases have been detected across the NHS Highland area since the pandemic began.


Poll results 'don't reflect strength of feeling'

09 January 2021
Poll results 'don't reflect strength of feeling'

Poll results 'don't reflect strength of feeling'

09 January 2021

A far north anti-wind farm campaigner is disappointed in a poll that showed only a slender majority in favour of halting further developments.


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