Community

Community councillors in Wick are adamant that residents of the Highlands should be spared the proposed tourist tax.

The prospect of satellite launches from the mothballed north Sutherland spaceport has been rekindled.

A former doctor was among those giving blood at a community donation session last week.

Travellers with a train to catch have encountered locked doors when arriving at the main entrance to Wick station, community councillors have heard.

Schools across Caithness welcomed a wide assortment of colourful characters today for World Book Day.

The 2025 East of Caithness SWI bulb show was held on Saturday in Wick Assembly Rooms.

Subsea 7 has donated £300 to Bower Primary School towards the purchase of outdoor suits so the children can learn and explore whatever the weather.

The review revealed that Dounreay’s total expenditure for the financial year was £202.4 million.

Muriel Murray of Castletown Heritage Society will seek to answer a long-standing question by sharing her research into the settlement of Stangergill.

Wick and District Gardening Club held its annual bulb show on Tuesday in the town’s Nethercliffe Hotel, where the bulbs were judged by Ruth Manson.

Reiss Gardening Club held its 30th anniversary bulb show on Tuesday, and judge Kathleen Baikie had a difficult task in choosing the winning entries.

Pentland View care home had Pennyland Primary School’s P6 class in for another visit, then welcomed the Highland Peep baby group the following day.

Music, mirth and a special visit from a tiny horse called Mr Bojangles delighted Seaview care home residents at a Wild West-themed event.

This year’s Caithness festival of one-act plays was hailed as “a great showcase of local talent” after Thurso Players were chosen as winners.

Caithness Family History Society will host a special talk in Castletown highlighting the strategic importance of the county in the Second World War.

Campaigners from Encompass Caithness say they are thrilled to be part of a new region-wide network that will “create lasting change”.

Thurso is to get its own version of The Repair Shop, allowing those with a much-loved item that has seen better days to have it fixed free of charge.

Maree Todd is optimistic that “tangible improvements” are being made to limit the impact of landslips affecting the A9 at Scrabster.

Members of a Caithness tractor club gathered at Thrumster village hall to present a cheque for £7200 to Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance on Monday.

At a community council meeting in Wick on Monday evening police stats reveal violence, drug possession and drink driving as key issues in the area.