Environment

Trees for Life says it is ‘hugely worrying and a move in the wrong direction’ while Oxfam Scotland call it ‘an acute global embarrassment’.

Chairman Drew Millar says he wants the information so ‘we have a clear conscience when making a decision about the Highland community we represent.’

Exploring the remote lochs and lochans of Caithness is not the same challenge that it once was, but there are few who have visited them all

Sewage was dumped in the Highland area almost 1500 times last year – a figure described as "disgusting" by far north MP Jamie Stone.

The Staxigoe community rallied round for a clean-up of the village and shoreline at the weekend, collecting two dozen bags of rubbish.

Weather Watch by Keith Banks

Nature lovers across the Highlands are being urged to look out for signs of spring for an interactive citizen science project.

Some £320 million of power network infrastructure projects in the north of Scotland have been thrown open to tender amid massive expansion plans.

This week’s letters include a response to claims over SSEN Transmission’s planning record, as well as concerns after a series of train cancellations

John Davidson enjoys a morning stroll up the riverside path from Wick, where he finds peaceful paths and a wildlife spotting platform

Gardening on the Edge by Diana Wayland

Dounreay has had to bring in pest controllers to deal with an "unprecedented infestation of rats," according to a safety rep at the site.

The solar eclipse taking place across north America tonight should be a real spectacle – but what will we be able to see from Caithness?

The Highlands are set become the focus of international attention from the renewable energy industry as the region’s freeport reached a milestone.

A Met Office yellow warning for gale-force winds in parts of the Highlands has been extended until midnight. It was originally meant to expire at 3pm.

The warning comes into force on Sunday amid forecasts of gales up to 60mph in many western areas of the region.

Most Ullapool-Stornoway ferry sailings were cancelled on Saturday and Sepa flood alerts have been issued as Storm Kathleen approaches.

Highland householders are being blamed for causing a series of explosions at an East Lothian energy plant.

A rare sighting in 1958 has glow-worm enthusiasts keen to find out if the report was accurate in highlighting Loch Watten as a habitat for the insect.

A giant crane ship currently working off the Caithness coast was involved in a dramatic accident when undergoing tests in Germany in 2020.