18 May 2024
This week’s letters from John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier readers span a wide range of subjects
18 May 2024
A Caithness campaigner has urged Scottish Transport Secretary, Fiona Hyslop, to take action on “the utterly appalling state” of roads in the far north
17 May 2024
Reporter Gordon Calder retires from the John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier this week. Here, he reflects on his 45-plus years in the business
16 May 2024
The Deputy First Minister has been told about the “disastrous situation” faced by Caithness mothers who have to travel to Inverness to give birth.
16 May 2024
MSP Emma Roddick has highlighted the need to make sure existing homes are being used as houses, and that people can afford rents and mortgages.
15 May 2024
I never set out to be a writer but 22 years ago I landed myself a wee side-line; a column with The Inverness Courier.
15 May 2024
Pickets were at Dounreay this morning as the Unite and GMB unions went on strike after rejecting a new pay offer from Nuclear Restoration Services.
15 May 2024
Holyrood Notebook by Maree Todd
15 May 2024
Within 15 years Caithness will have about the same number of pupils in secondary education as just one school in Inverness, according to new figures.
13 May 2024
OBITUARY: John (Jack) Miller Dunnett MBE BSc(Agric) PhD (Edin) DUniv FRAgS. 1929-2024
13 May 2024
The Seafarers Memorial was the backdrop as Wick played its part in a new commemoration of those who have lost their lives in the fishing industry.
12 May 2024
A gay man from the far north recounts the experience of being given hallucinogenic drugs in a bid to change his sexuality.
12 May 2024
The public is “shouting” for flights between Caithness, Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as to Orkney, a Thurso community councillor has claimed.
12 May 2024
To conclude their project on the fated Titanic ship, P6 pupils at Pennyland Primary School in Thurso held a successful open afternoon event.
11 May 2024
This week’s letters from John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier readers touch on a range of subjects.
10 May 2024
Caithness crafters are said to be in uproar after a social media post suggested Trading Standards would be doing heavy-handed spot checks on stalls.
10 May 2024
Councillors in Caithness want answers from the new boss of NHS Highland over “the significant cost” of providing locum psychiatrists in the north.
08 May 2024
Moving onto new pastures
07 May 2024
Jamie’s Journal by Jamie Stone
07 May 2024
Scotland’s new first minister has been urged to focus on the Highlands, with a lack of dentists in Caithness among the issues raised by MP Jamie Stone