04 February 2025
The Royal Burgh of Wick Community Council will be leading local efforts for Spring Clean Scotland 2025, with one event in March and two in April.
03 February 2025
After an article was published about a Wick outdoor swimming pool desperately seeking funding a breakthrough occurred thanks to a local optician.
03 February 2025
Jamie Stone has urged the UK government to recognise the impact its planned inheritance tax changes will have on rural communities and think again.
03 February 2025
“No farmers, no food” was the stark message as more than 50 tractors descended on John O’Groats in a protest against UK government taxation plans.
02 February 2025
New figures show that the 147-mile John O’Groats Trail is thought to have boosted the local economy of the north Highlands by some £900,000 in 2024.
02 February 2025
A community-based arts installation for families to share their creativity is planned for Thurso beach with a special flag waving event.
02 February 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland has hit a milestone of setting 10,000 hectares of peatland through ‘re-wetting’ sites across Scotland.
01 February 2025
Making Space for Nature by Imogen Furlong
31 January 2025
Ms Burgess said it was ‘disheartening’ that the new funding award had not led to a rethink on the mothballed the Sutherland Spaceport project.
30 January 2025
Campaigners have issued a plea to “stop the speculator-led destruction of what remains of Caithness” as a result of renewable energy schemes.
30 January 2025
A new report is highlighting “significant employment opportunities” for the Highlands arising from a flagship pumped storage hydro project.
29 January 2025
A yellow weather warning for ice affecting the Highlands and Moray tonight and tomorrow has been issued by the Met Office.
28 January 2025
Thundering burns and wet, slushy snow make progress by anything other than road impossible – but there’s always a way through on the e-bike
28 January 2025
Wick library is one of four new Green Hubs that will be transformed into innovative centres for community climate engagement.
28 January 2025
Children at a Caithness primary school and nursery have been bringing their learning to life by escaping the classroom.
27 January 2025
Just what was the strange object found on a north Caithness beach which carried a very clear warning message on it?
26 January 2025
Conservation experts are joining forces to help save the rare and threatened great yellow bumblebee at Bettyhill.
26 January 2025
Volunteers are sought for a special tree-planting event will take place at Wick riverside on Sunday, February 2.
26 January 2025
Gardening on the Edge by Diana Wayland
24 January 2025
Almost 16,000 homes in Scotland were already without power at lunchtime on Friday - with Storm Éowyn’s strongest winds pushing north.