Highland Council

Highland Council is being challenged to “come clean” on the process that has led to the closure of the Avonlea children’s centre in Wick.

Highland Council should know by early next month whether homes and businesses face a summer of overflowing bins and stench on the streets.

Wick’s provost talked of her delight in seeing how road resurfacing works have progressed in Wick ahead of the Gala Week parade on Saturday.

Fergus Ewing warns ‘this is unfair to the existing businesses and potentially illegal and unsafe for holiday makers’.

Highland Council’s ranking as the worst-performing local authority area has led to a renewed call for Caithness to look after its own affairs.

The public has been having their say on whether or not they agree Highland Council has the worst public services in mainland Scotland.

Highland Council has said an analysis that ranks it as the worst local authority in Scotland ‘does not reflect the true picture of Highland’.

A planning application for an all-weather forest centre at Rumster has been successful despite an objection by a disability group over toilet access.

A new Sunday Times analysis has revealed Highland Council has the worst public services in Scotland.

A lack of flexibility over childcare rules in rural areas is hampering efforts to get people into work and reduce depopulation, it has been claimed.

Families in Caithness and north Sutherland are urged to complete the survey.

Highland Council has launched a 12-week public consultation on its draft ecology strategy and action plan.

Wick’s provost Jan McEwan praised road workers delivering major improvements to Wick’s town centre and said traffic delays will be well worth it.

Bus users will now be able to purchase Highland Council bus tickets through a dedicated app.

The snap election called just six weeks ago sparked a rush to get ready in time.

Highland Council leader Raymond Bremner has acknowledged the input of Wick community councillors in securing refurbished public toilets.

Some of the worst potholes in Wick are to be tackled over the next few weeks, according to an update from Highland Council leader Raymond Bremner.

A new voluntary £40 pass for campervanners & motorhome owners visiting the Highlands has sparked heated reaction from residents and travellers alike.

A gathering of councillors beckoned the reopening of the Whitechapel toilets in Wick on Monday morning after vandals forced their closure in 2019.

Despite its impending closure, around 10 people were observed utilising Wick’s Bank of Scotland over just three minutes this morning (July 1).