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A post office worker put a package aside after she got a strong smell of cannabis from it, Wick Sheriff Court heard last week.

The Society of Caithness Artists recently held its AGM in the Pentland Hotel in Thurso and saw a good turnout of members of the public.

A Highland MSP says rural communities in the region are facing an “acute housing shortage”.

A Glasgow driver stopped police in Wick to ask for directions to the local Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet.

An artist who lived in Caithness before moving south is delighted her first solo exhibition in London is getting “a very positive response”.

Northern Drift by Monique Sliedrecht

A film about Britain’s first Labour prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, is to be screened in Castlehill Heritage Centre on May 20.

The end of a local club, should Caithness be getting a fairer share of funding and retirement messages for our former advertising manager

Changing rooms at the games hall in Thurso High School are due to be demolished this year, it has been confirmed by Highland Council.

News from the John O’Groat Journal of yesteryear

Police officers who spotted a makeshift registration plate on the back of a trailer discovered a dangerous load being towed.

The Real Mackay by Dan MacKay

Wick Players drama group has been engaging with the community on various projects and now invites the public to attend a special fundraising event.

Intriguing finds emerge from an archaeological dig in Caithness including a piece of school slate that can be traced to its original owner.

Residents and staff at two Caithness care showed their quizzing abilities in a nationwide test of general knowledge.

Lib Dem candidate David Green says he is not hopeful the government will fix ‘its broken relationship with rural Scotland.’

A Caithness man whose dogs worried sheep has been jailed for five months.

Retired vet Frank Stephen, whose wife Moira has vascular dementia, is to walk the 147-mile John O’Groats Trail this month for Alzheimer Scotland.

Caithness is getting “just a pittance” in levelling-up funding while “millions are spent on vanity projects in Inverness”, it has been claimed.

The talented actors from Wick Players gathered together to celebrate National Drama Day.