Community

Staff and residents at Thurso's Pentland View care home had fantastic fun hiding painted Easter rocks all over the place for local children to find.

A major refurbishment at a family-run convenience store in Thurso has proved popular with customers – as well as benefiting a community enterprise.

The events are aimed to help people develop a more positive relationship with their phones and learn how to take control of their personal data.

Alistair Gunn, who was chairman of Wick Academy when they won the vote to gain Highland League status, looks back to that memorable night in 1994.

The deal will see all the money collected from this promotion going to Highland Hospice and Inverness Ice Centre.

Hundreds of trees, chosen for their benefits to wildlife, have been planted alongside Wick River in a project involving groups of schoolchildren.

Caithness residents are invited to describe their experiences of living, working, visiting and investing in the area.

The Caithness Beatrice Community Fund has handed over a cheque for £6234.72 to Wick Paths Group to pay for work on the North Head coastal footpath.

For this article, I am venturing beyond the confines of Thurso parish into Dunnet, uncovering shipwreck connections that tie back to the town.

Teams from Caithness schools created hand-built robots in a Lego competition – and one group of pupils will be going forward to the national final.

Residents around the Lybster and Dunbeath coastline took to social media to voice their concerns over loud noises.

Handbell ringers who gathered for a national celebration in Caithness at the weekend were delighted with the "happy, friendly, inclusive atmosphere".

The historic Wick Sheriff Court building now has a watertight roof over its head.

There had been worries about the future of the Screen Machine as it suffered technical issues.

A short story competition has been launched in memory of Bill Mowat, the Caithness journalist, historian and councillor who died in August last year.

Some 400 people were at the Drumossie Hotel on Friday night for the annual Highland Heroes event.

Thirty-six selfless volunteers worked together to clean around Wick as part of the Keep Scotland Beautiful Spring Clean 2024 initiative on Sunday.

Young patients admitted to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness have benefited from a children's charity which saw its income rise by 12 per cent last year.

Duncansby festival guests heard tales about a spy, a rally driver... and how local workers were paid a shilling an hour to help build the lighthouse.

The final of the Highland Shortbread Showdown 2024 took place in Inverness yesterday, with a city finalist taking home the public's choice award.