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A network of walking groups which operates in Thurso, Castletown and Wick has become the 700th organisation to sign up to a mental health charter.

Wildlife watchers are gearing up to look out for orcas and other marine creatures around the Caithness coast at a special event.

OBITUARY: John (Jack) Miller Dunnett MBE BSc(Agric) PhD (Edin) DUniv FRAgS. 1929-2024

Intense solar activity on Friday evening and then on Saturday led to some spectacular sightings of the Aurora Borealis above Caithness.

Jamie Stone, MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, is set to arrange two 'one-stop' support events for senior residents in Wick and Dunbeath.

A gay man from the far north recounts the experience of being given hallucinogenic drugs in a bid to change his sexuality.

Six new schemes to help reduce single-use packaging on-the-go have been launched in the Highlands.

A free event in Wick St Fergus Church Hall on May 25 will be a showcase for local community groups and the wide-ranging work they do.

Blind and partially sighted people in Caithness will be able to receive in-person support at upcoming events with a leading sight loss charity.

Labour have announced their General Election candidate for the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency.

Police Scotland is investigating what appears to be a deliberate fire on moorland near Thurso on Thursday (May 8).

A Caithness company says, with the nesting season underway, it can guarantee you sightings of puffins along the county’s coastline.

She is now surely the most influential political voice to emerge from the Highlands in a generation. But just who is Kate Forbes?

Kate Forbes has been appointed Deputy First Minister by John Swinney, it has been announced.

Caithness Family History Society’s next talk is about old Watten Mill and the family that operated it over many years.

Wick is to take part in the first National Fishing Remembrance Day, with the Seafarers Memorial as a focal point almost a year after it was unveiled.

Wick Players drama group has been engaging with the community on various projects and now invites the public to attend a special fundraising event.

Retired vet Frank Stephen, whose wife Moira has vascular dementia, is to walk the 147-mile John O’Groats Trail this month for Alzheimer Scotland.

Julie Doncaster of Harper Macleod explains how a Power of Attorney can be beneficial

Roadworks scheduled on the A9 in the far north have been rescheduled by Bear Scotland, the trunk road operator.