Restrictions due to new Covid strain sparked fears of shortages only affected 'human handled' freight amounted to about 20 per cent of the total
Highland MSP and Finance Minister Kate Forbes has spoken of her anguish about the need for new restrictions to be placed on the country.
Politicians have given a mixed welcome to strict new restrictions for the festive period amid a surge in cases of a new strain of Covid.
There will also be travel ban between Scotland and the rest of the UK after the emergence of a new more contagious strain of Covid
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed that the furlough scheme will be extended one extra month until the end of April 2021.
Education secretary John Swinney has announced the cancellation of all Higher or Advanced Higher exams in 2021.
The Covid vaccine will be stored at Caithness General Hospital as part of plans to roll it out across the far north.
Nicola Sturgeon was speaking after official approval was granted for the use of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccination
There will be no changes to the level of Covid restrictions in place in the Highlands, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed to the Scottish Parliament.
The far north looks set to play a major part of Scottish Government plans to ramp up offshore wind power generation by 2030.
A Dutch firm’s plan to expand the controversial Limekiln Wind Farm near Shebster hit a stumbling block as Highland councillors objected to the plan.
A five-year visitor management plan is to be drawn up after an influx of visitors this summer created tensions in rural communities across the north.
A new craft distillery will launch this month at Forss after securing more than £250,000 of investment.
NHS Highland bosses faced a bruising encounter as MSPs probed the financial performance and reasons behind the board’s fire dire financial position.
North MP Jamie Stone has sought an update from NHS Highland after news of a second cluster of Covid-19 cases on a ship docked in the Cromarty Firth.
Hard-up families in Thurso are among hundreds across the north who will miss out on extra free childcare for almost a year.
Wick and East Caithness councillor Raymond Bremner has been named the new leader of the SNP group in Highland Council.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a range of "tough" new measures including banning different households from meeting indoors.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that new restrictions will be in place from Thursday to stem the rising tide of infections.
Shocking levels of fuel poverty in the Highlands have prompted Highland Council to demand action to deliver a fair electricity distribution system.