28 March 2025
Caithness campaigner Iain Gregory has called for “urgent intervention” from the Scottish Government to help bring roads up to acceptable standards.
28 March 2025
Avonlea is now gearing up to provide pupils with additional needs at Wick High School with a space for supported learning.
28 March 2025
The latest information undermines the council’s narrative leading to calls for Raymond Bremner to step down.
27 March 2025
They say the local authority officials ‘decided to protect their positions and status’ and ‘quash discontent’.
27 March 2025
Councillors have agreed to boost senior councillor pay by between £5-11k this year.
26 March 2025
Eastern Airways is facing criticism over its “shoddy reliability” following the late cancellation of a Wick flight a week after the PSO was renewed.
26 March 2025
Struan Mackie has welcomed a UK government pledge that Vulcan will be asked to continue with MoD activity until April 2027 at the earliest.
26 March 2025
A new group has been set up online to push for better connectivity for Caithness against a backdrop of recurring problems affecting Wick flights.
25 March 2025
Michael Gregson says ‘the people are just not feeling the love, and this excessive pay rise to ourselves certainly won’t change that perception’.
25 March 2025
A new school and community building for Thurso could be up and running in 2030 as councillors are asked to approve the project’s timescales.
25 March 2025
The move follows recommendations by the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee.
23 March 2025
An image of fly-tipped tyres at a Wick beauty spot on social media led to widespread condemnation from locals.
22 March 2025
Highland Council has released its draft of the Caithness Area Place Plan.
21 March 2025
The Groat challenged it over its internal communications compared to what emerged publicly.
21 March 2025
Hundreds of pages of confidential emails help lift the lid on what went on behind closed doors at the local authority.
20 March 2025
Councillors hoped to take advantage of the lucrative North Coast 500 route, using the funds raised to improve services along the route.
20 March 2025
A Dunbeath man helped save a struggling seagull from roof netting on a Wick building and describes it as a death trap for wild birds.
19 March 2025
Hotelier Andrew Mackay believes “accommodation tax” would be a more accurate term for the so-called tourist tax being proposed for the Highlands.
19 March 2025
Highland councillors will raise no objection to West of Orkney Windfarm’s offshore plans at a site around 25km from the north Sutherland coast.
18 March 2025
A voluntary scheme to get campervan owners to pay towards upkeep of facilities has raised just £20,000 - against an annual target of £500,000.