Environment

Residents at Achalone say they feel helpless in the face of an onslaught of applications for renewable energy projects.

The Alba Party’s local candidate highlights the importance of Alex Salmond’s appearance in Thurso this week.

With one book under his belt, a Caithness author will be fishing for compliments with his latest publication.

Highland Council’s refusal to debate a plan to empower people to better assess energy developments has been described as a “democratic outrage”..

Caithness organisations are invited to apply for funding towards projects addressing issues affecting Highland rural communities.

Highland Council has just announced that the long-awaited A836 Naver Bridge replacement work is confirmed to start on August 1.

The remains of at least two deer have been discovered at a lay-by on the Watten-Mybster (B870) road in what appears to be a poaching incident.

A Thurso community councillor claims her area is being given short shrift by the clutch of ongoing and planned wind farm and power line upgrades.

Map-maker Steve Smirthwaite chats to John Davidson about exploring West Moray, Nairn and Dava to produce his latest mountain bike-friendly guide

Gardening On The Edge by Diana Wayland

A U-TURN over controversial plans to create a laydown area for wind farm parts in a field on the edge of Thurso has been hailed as “common sense”..

A group of London filmmakers were left floundering in Dunnet Bay on their eco-raft during a search for mythical monsters in the Pentland Firth.

Opposition is mounting to a proposal to create a laydown area for wind farm components in a field on the north-west fringe of Thurso.

Good weather may make for stunning photographs but it’s the bad weather days that bring the best stories

Community representatives in Thurso are on the warpath over the unkempt state of public green areas in the town.

It was love at first sight when I first laid eyes on Stac Pollaidh as a teenager.

An anti-nuclear campaigner has hit out at a claim made by Highland MSP Edward Mountain that people in the region want nuclear power.

More than £1 million has been made available for community groups to develop paths in their area.

Northern Drift by Monique Sliedrecht

Opponents are ramping up their campaign to stymie SSE’s plans to create a turbine storage area on the north western outskirts of Thurso.