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Laundry assistant Annie McArthur was “surprised and delighted” by a retirement party held in her honour after 26 years at Pentland View care home.

Historic Wick High School buildings are being auctioned for a guide price of just £55,000+ with property development opportunities flagged up.

A churchgoer wearing a traditional Maori costume played her part in one of the 2025 World Day of Prayer services held in Caithness.

Two fire engines were seen rushing through Wick earlier this afternoon (March 12) to attend to a burning chimney at Noss Head.

A sparkling new cafe and bar in Thurso have opened and are ready for customers to enjoy snacks and a drink with special discounts available.

Plans are being made to establish a literary association for the far north that will run book club meetings and a children’s writing competition.

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

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.

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.

Audiences at the Merlin Cinema in Thurso will be able to celebrate the 75th birthday of classical music star André Rieu at two screenings in April.

LOOKING BACK: News from the John O’Groat Journal of yesteryear

Fiona Beattie, Connor Macleod and Darren Munro were selected as finalists in the 2025 Highland Shortbread Showdown after a regional heat in Thurso.

Love was in the air for residents at Seaview House Care Home in Wick as they celebrated Valentine’s Day on February 14 in style.

A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital after an accident on the Camster road at a danger area highlighted in the Caithness Courier a year ago.

Pupils from a Thurso school took part in National Storytelling Week earlier this month by reading to residents at a nearby care home.

LOOKING BACK: News from the John O’Groat Journal of yesteryear