HEAD teachers are being asked to venture out into hurricane-force conditions to switch off wind turbines in school playgrounds.
THE patient transport service has been blasted for not operating after 3pm, resulting in a far north multiple sclerosis sufferer being forced to make…
A FORMER soldier who served his country for 13 years and was left disabled has gone on hunger strike after his benefits were withdrawn due to mistakes…
Landward Caithness member Alex MacLeod has written the firm’s managing director Stuart Garrett to ask what steps it is taking to help small businesses…
NEW battle-lines are being drawn over scaled-down plans to operate a commercial wind farm at Spittal Hill, 15 kilometres south of Thurso.
SERCO Northlink has admitted it won’t be commissioning another passenger vessel for the Scrabster/Stromness route before the Hamnavoe is repaired,…
STRATHSPEY Thistle let down fans who came to see a game of football, according to Scorries’ boss Barry Wilson.
THERE aren’t many people who would tell Sir Alex Ferguson to b****r off when he is asking to speak to someone.
COMMUNITY representatives in Dunbeath fear they could be the latest rural part of the Highlands and Islands left without a permanent GP for a lengthy…
MORE needs to be done to promote Scrabster as a tourist hub, but progress has been made in attracting visitors to the area.
A MOMENT of magic from Davie Allan was the difference on Wednesday evening as Academy finally beat County after two heartbreaking reverses earlier this…
Site licence company DSRL has confirmed that it is to replace existing detectors with carbon fibre layer equipment, which is better able to identify the…
DEFEAT to Nairn County at Harmsworth Park tonight would mean Wick would have to settle for fourth place.
BUSINESS owners are demanding Serco Northlink provides a replacement passenger vessel to sail from Scrabster to Stromness before the damage to the Caithness…
A CAITHNESS village wheelchair user is ‘utterly disgusted’ after being almost unable to cast her vote at a by-election yesterday.
STORMS which battered harbours on the east coast of Caithness at the end of last year have killed off big-money lobster and velvet crabs costing creel…
Serco Northlink has confirmed no replacement vessel is in place after the Hamnavoe suffered a catastrophic engine failure.
A CAITHNESS public leisure amenity could be left unattended if a private operator cannot be found to take it over, prompting concern about a surge in…
THE most complete school campus anywhere in the Highlands – that is how the replacement Wick High and an adjoining primary were described as the…
THE home run is in sight with Wick Academy having parked the bus in the garage for another season as the club prepares to complete its Highland League…
