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Two Highland secondary schools were among the most improved in ranking across Scotland, according to a list published by The Times today.

Members of Caithness Youth Pipe Band are looking forward to playing their part in the inaugural Edinburgh Tartan Parade next weekend.

There will be a special service on May 11 at 1pm in Wick for the second National Fishermen's Remembrance Day.

Perthshire farmer and legendary agricultural comedian Jim Smith is bound for Caithness next month to perform at Wick Assembly Rooms on May 31.

A Thurso art show will highlight the talents of a local woman with a series of highly detailed pencil portraits of Caithness characters.

An exhibition will open at Nucleus in Wick on May 8 as part of a heritage project devoted to the fisher lassies who travelled from port to port.

Thurso Highland councillor Ron Gunn has welcomed the completion of work centring on two popular footpaths in the.

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Plans for one of Scotland’s largest battery storage sites has been objected to by councillors because it is just two miles from the Castle of Mey.

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Caithness Bikers partook in an Easter egg charity run across the county and delivered treats.

LibDem candidate David Green fears the council is ‘effectively driving business away’ from local operators.

The charity behind the John O’Groats Trail is already making strides with developing a new walking route in the far north.

A £90k footbridge has been opened across a wide burn on the John O’Groats Trail. John Davidson went along to hear about the impact of the new crossing

The recent figures show how much was spent by each new Westminster representative since the general election.

Organisers of Wick’s annual Anzac Day ceremony have told of the pride they take in honouring Australian and New Zealand servicemen.

Highland Council say information services for parents of children with autism will continue as part of a new project.

A far north councillor has hit out at the toll taken on elected politicians by people who carry out misinformed, corrosive social media attacks.

A Caithness man from a traveller background has made himself homeless after claiming he suffered months of harassment at his Thurso house.

The first steps have been taken by Sinclair’s Bay Trust towards potential community ownership of the popular Village Inn on the NC500 at Keiss.