Community

The Cubs of 1st Wick Scout Group were able to complete their DIY badge after making bird boxes, with support from a local wood yard business.

Volunteers at a community woodland outside Wick are being given a chance to try out an electrically assisted cargo bike to help with tree-planting.

A new Hate Crime Toolkit, outlining support available, how to report hate crime and the criminal justice system process was launched yesterday.

A letter sent out to all parents and guardians of pupils outlined the industrial action which will affect Caithness schools next week.

Households in Caithness could see the introduction of a new recycling service next year if a government application is successful.

A postal van is to visit Wick's riverside car park three times a week following the sudden closure of the post office branch in High Street.

Numerous ideas on how Wick's Carnegie library can be brought "back to life" as a community space have emerged as part of a consultation process.

A series of sculptures of local Caithness dignitaries has been saved after being rescued from a damp cellar at the Carnegie building in Wick.

An environmental group that clears the Caithness coast from plastic and other items removed around 70 creels from a beach near John O'Groats.

The 'It’ll Cost You' campaign to deter adults buying alcohol for minors is to be rolled out across Scotland's towns and cities this year.

A Thurso man bids a fond farewell to his long-established beard at public event in Thurso next week in aid of a local mental health charity.

In the wake of the Focus North launch event in Thurso, Eann Sinclair looks at the importance of maximising opportunities in the far north

A Staffy dog that had been cruelly abandoned when his owner left him behind after moving from Skye has found a new home in Caithness.

A Thurso endurance athlete has been presented with a parliamentary record of her 112-mile run between Inverness and her home town.

The public are being offered a last chance to have their say on the future of Scotland's air ambulance service ahead of it renewal.

Samaritans of Caithness will be celebrating its 43rd year at Riverside Place in Thurso and wants local people to know it is there to listen.

Volunteers from Wick Lifeboat were quickly on the scene in rough conditions to help a man cut off by the rising tide at Noss Head.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is currently looking for crew members for the John O'Groats area.

85 hydro schemes are currently hosted on land managed by Forestry & Land Scotland.

There will be a charity virtual cycle ride at the weekend in Thurso's Tesco supermarket to help survivors of the Turkish/Syrian earthquake.