THE owner of a general store in Halkirk destroyed by fire fears it could be months before he is able to reopen.
PLANS to build a 400-metre running track in Thurso may soon be under starter’s orders after council representatives and project supporters met to…
A RENEWED bid is being made to enable Wick Academy to benefit from a six-figure sum raised in its name, which has been languishing in a bank account for…
NETWORK Rail has neglected level crossing safety since it took over the structure 12 years ago, according to a man whose parents were killed in a rail…
IT WAS the first fast reactor in the world to provide electricity to a national grid when all eyes were upon it amid claims that the technology would…
AN English company has just started work at Dounreay on what has been dubbed the world’s deepest nuclear clean-up job.
A PUBLIC vote would have to be held for any decision on whether or not Caithness would receive its own postcode.
ROYAL Mail is to hold discussions this week to look at proposals to end the use of the KW postcode in Caithness and north Sutherland with Highland…
A BED and breakfast owner has called for a better public warning system after a tidal surge battered the east Caithness coast.
THE family of a young man found dead in mysterious circumstances have appealed for anyone with information to come forward and tell police.
TIDAL storms that hit the east Caithness coast at the weekend have been described as among the worst recorded as clean-up operations got under way on…
FED-up residents who blame the Kirkwall postcode for extra charges on deliveries are campaigning for Caithness and north Sutherland to get its own postcode.
A BID to make part of Caithness eligible for government-backed road fuel discounts has spluttered to a halt.
But Jim Coll routinely pedals a 38-mile round trip to get from his home at Dunnet to his desk at the Highland Council offices in Wick.
MARRIED after meeting through the love of their sport, a husband and wife have a real shot at representing their country in the Commonwealth Games.
ALMOST a third of pregnant local women had to travel more than 100 miles to give birth due to a lack of specialist facilities at Caithness General Hospital…
ALMOST 100,000 tickets have been sold since Thurso Cinema first raised the curtains on its silver screens in July 2012.
FEARS that a planned 277-turbine offshore wind farm, potentially worth millions to the Caithness economy, may be in danger of being scrapped have been…
CONCERNS have been raised that a defence wall at Thurso seafront may be breached if hit by another big storm.
LOCAL MP John Thurso has backed Prostate Cancer UK’s quality checklist as a first step towards delivering the best care and support for men with…