Highland Council

Highland Council’s environmental health team advises caution as blue-green algae has, once again, been found in Loch Watten.

New figures reveal that the current annual shortfall is around £13 million.

Despite June figures showing 100 per cent reliability for Wick flights, a pressure group says it will take time to build up passenger confidence.

The gathering on August 12 is focussed on ‘respecting local democracy’.

Plans for four new warehouses storing thousands of barrels of whisky have led to concerns over an “industrial eyesore” in a residential part of Wick.

Overflowing bins and littering at Caithness beauty spots has sparked the roll out of additional waste facilities at numerous tourist hotspots.

People in Caithness will be given an opportunity to feed into proposals that will see £100 million of investment in Thurso.

Work that went into preparing the Unesco bid to gain World Heritage status for the Flow Country has been recognised with a national planning award.

A major offshore wind farm that will connect to the electricity grid in Caithness has gained consent to develop up to 125 turbines off the north coast

A campaign blasting back at local and national government for blaming short-term let owners for Scotland’s housing crisis today hit the Highlands.

The environmental issues of waste from Caithness travelling hundreds of miles to an incineration plant at Dunbar were highlighted by a Thurso man.

Proposals to introduce a Highland-wide restriction on holiday lets have been delayed amid concerns they could “kill off” tourism in the region.

Highland Council saw off fierce opposition from the rest of the country to take a top prize at the Scotland Energy Efficiency Awards.

The ambitious plans involve schools, businesses and the most important local agencies like NHS, police, coast guard and Dounreay.

It reiterates the demands for a pause on develops and applauds how it ‘amplified’ concerns with the ‘industrialisation of natural landscapes’.

Two councillors say the ‘Scottish Government must show greater support for the police service’.

Serious concerns about lack of control spark twin moves for action by Labour, Highland Alliance, and Greens.

She is the latest chief officer appointment in a major management restructure of the local authority.

A ‘unique opportunity’ to snap up a traditional Highland railway station property on the NC500 is being flagged up at a knock-down price.

A Caithness school has been hailed by Scotland’s education authority for improvements made since a previous inspection.