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Representatives from Halkirk, Dunbeath and Dunnet were among those heard.

Thurso band Forgetting The Future are looking forward to an unforgettable night when they return to their hometown for a packed gig on Saturday.

Over 350 community councillors and members of the public attended the convention in Beauly yesterday.

An LGBTQ+ Pride parade will take place in Thurso for the first time next weekend.

Convener Marjory Richard was “blown away” by the quality of some of the performances at this year’s Caithness Music Festival in Wick Assembly Rooms.

A ‘merry band of artisans’ will descend on Scrabster Village Hall on Saturday, July 5, as part of a special afternoon fair with tea and crafts.

Billy Kay will be telling stories from a small-town childhood and sharing his passion for the Scots language at a John O’Groats Book Festival event.

The River Helmsdale area in Sutherland has been assigned Significant Water Scarcity status - with a possibility Wick and Thurso areas could follow.

The convener of the Caithness Music Festival is hoping young people will “spread the word” about local dialect to ensure it continues to thrive.

A Pictish stone unearthed in Caithness nearly three years ago will go on display in Thurso from today after undergoing conservation work in Edinburgh.

Listen to the full story of a mechanic's trip from Inverness to the Ukraine front lines

Wick’s new banking hub is set to open its doors this Friday – a fortnight before the closure of the town’s last remaining bank branch.

A Dunnet Community Forest project supporting the rare small blue butterfly is getting national attention this weekend on the BBC’s Countryfile show.

Some parents are being urged to show a greater understanding of the seating limitations at the festival when large numbers of children are competing.

MFR’s former Inverness base has been put up for sale after it vacated the building due to cutbacks.

The man responsible for Castletown’s much-admired pitch has retired from his role as groundsman – 65 years after first volunteering at the club.

Wick High School has come down hard on the use of mobile phones in the classroom by prohibiting their use by pupils in the school and on its grounds.

Combat League Wrestling (CLW) says it urgently needs the support of the community to help it find a suitable venue in the town.

Lyth Arts Centre’s ‘Between Two Beaches’ programme celebrates the centre's unique location between two of the county's most beautiful beaches.

Castletown’s community-minded football club now has responsibility for four potentially life-saving defibrillators in the village.