Environment

But she insists she is unable to attend a meeting of MPs and MSPs in August.

A Highland MSP has reported back key findings from a public meeting in Wick on the expansion of renewables projects.

A team of community-minded locals shared before-and-after pictures of their selfless work clearing weeds from around Thurso’s beachfront.

But around 10 other local MPs and MSPs are expected in Inverness with some yet to confirm.

A local community advocate pulled together a group of volunteers to clear weeds and algae from Thurso boating pond at the weekend.

There are a few things we all have to face up to from a land management point of view in the Highlands, says MSP Edward Mountain.

Thurso Community Development Trust’s popular Repair Café is back this Saturday, with the team focusing on a new theme: “Ready, Steady, Fix It!”

Highland Council has said there are no health concerns over a strange mat-like substance spreading across a large expanse of Dunnet beach.

A rare 47-year-old single malt called Polaris from the makers of Old Pulteney whisky is expected to hit the dizzying heights of £40,000 at auction.

Last summer, Britain’s butterflies sent an urgent SOS through Butterfly Conservation’s annual Big Butterfly Count.

Caithness-based natural history photographer Ken Crossan says his new book, Life at the Edge, is a project that is particularly close to his heart.

The meeting on July 23 is prompted by ‘the sheer volume of correspondence’ MSP Edward Mountain says he gets daily.

A Thurso community advocate seeks volunteers to help clear the town’s boating pond this Sunday (July 20) at 11am.

A new zero-emission, low-cost electric bus service is now linking Inverness and Thurso for the first time.

The landowners of ground proposed for a controversial extension to Pulteney Distillery in Wick have hit back at objectors.

Throughout the atmosphere, water in the form of vapour is intermixed with the other gas molecules that make up the air.

Scottish Water is calling on people to behave responsibly around watercourses such as reservoirs, rivers, lochs and beaches this weekend.

As holidaymakers flock to beaches across Caithness, a summer safety campaign from HM Coastguard urges visitors to stay safe with some rules to follow.

A local weather pundit says that inland areas of Caithness could see temperatures rise into the 80s over the weekend.

A group of concerned Wick residents voiced their fears over plans for whisky warehouses to be sited near their homes.