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More cash will come north but the jury is out on whether finance secretary Shona Robison delivered for the north.

The spaceport was set to be built on land owned by Melness Crofters’ Estate on the A’Mhoine Peninsula.

Calls are growing for an urgent rethink on proposals which could affect services for women and children affected by domestic abuse in the Highlands.

People across the Highlands are being invited to take part in the next round of budget engagement in light of the financial forecast for 2025-26.

The news that Sutherland Spaceport is to be mothballed is a significant blow to the business community in north Sutherland and Caithness.

A so-called ‘wild boar’ is on the loose in the Caithness countryside and appeared in the Bilbster area of the county today.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise said it was not yet clear of the impacts of Orbex’s decision on Sutherland.

An environmental group that cleans up Caithness beaches is delighted to make positive steps towards its eco goals with a new recycling initiative.

All the Heroes are special but one exceptional winner will be named the overall hero of heroes

Holyrood Notebook by Rhoda Grant: Welcome report on human rights makes shocking reading and shows the lack of action by the Scottish Government.

Wick’s weather watcher says that the first day of winter turned out to be a record breaker for the town.

Orbex is halting construction work on the £20 million spaceport which received a £14.6 milllion public investment package.

A petition demanding "better digital connectivity" for the Highlands and Islands has been launched by a political campaigner in the region.

After a recent Highland Council report warned that 26 Caithness play parks were under threat of closure a Thurso protest group made its views known.

Jamie Stone MP calls for the establishment of banking hubs in light of the impending closures of Bank of Scotland branches in Wick and Golspie.

Beginning at 9pm today until 10am tomorrow, the yellow ice warning covers the whole east coast of Scotland.

Fergus Ewing says recent NI hikes risk the service that offers patients dignity and saves the NHS millions.

A major blaze destroyed an outhouse building next to a Watten hotel last night. No casualties were reported.

Andrew Wilson, then aged four, saw his father Alistair lying in a pool of blood after he was shot in Nairn.

A Keiss Primary pupil conjured up a brilliant new name for one of BEAR Scotland’s trunk road gritters.