A 41 per cent social worker vacancy rate is affecting the team responsible 'for care and protection' of children.
MSP Edward Mountain is campaigning for a new hospital but the First Minister says 'we’re not looking at replacing Raigmore right now'
It comes as councillors fear the cost of hiring facilities in the north are 'threatening the very existence' of voluntary organisations.
A number of sports programmes have already moved but others may have to fold
The cash comes from new strategic allocation to tackle the worst routes in the region
Caithness Roads Recovery's Iain Gregory says 'I have little doubt that we would have been at the very bottom of the list across Scotland'
Councillor Ken Gowans says 'it’s vital that the council ensures that it is securing appropriate and proportionate costs.'
The council says 'our results over the last 11 years show a significant deterioration' which is a 'long term trend'
But mystery surrounds where exactly Sumitomo Electric Industries' plant will be located in the region
The UK's biggest landowner was fined £100 and got three penalty points
Parts of the school summer programme could be saved through external funding.
She called on other MSPs to join her as around 94,000 staff in Scotland are employed in insecure work
The Conservatives hit out at the SNP's 'shocking indifference' saying it is 'unforgivable'
None of the top jobs even mention housing, transport or local government
The process to install Scotland’s sixth First Minister
She says 'finally, perhaps, the Highlands feel like they're being represented on the the national stage'
She says she wants to distance herself from the current 'messaging from SNP-Green government'
She says the Highlands is often not treated as favourably as some parts of the Central Belt
He gave his view on the SNP HQ crisis, ring-fencing and thanked The Inverness Courier for the debate
That is despite one questioner watching his wife die as he waited for an ambulance