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The Fèis Rois Ceilidh Trail is marking its 20th anniversary with a summer tour featuring almost 100 performances, including a few far north dates.

Mac and Liz Swanson were surprised when a 2007 Rolls-Royce Phantom turned up to chauffeur them to their diamond wedding anniversary celebration.

Photographs of Wick life spanning more than half a century are to go on show during gala week in an exhibition called The McDonald Collection.

Building work on a new Thurso hotel began this week and could be a catalyst for further development of the former mart area.

A family of travellers pitched up next to Wick River on Tuesday evening despite the fact a camping site sits on the opposite bank.

The secret to a long life is simple, according to Stanley Ross who has celebrated his 100th birthday with a tea party at Bayview House in Thurso.

Local business JGC has constructed eight of the 12 massive containers which will form substation platforms at the Moray East offshore wind farm site.

Graeme Bethune of Caithness Yarns is committed to ethical standards for farming that also benefits the land.

Dolphin and whale lovers in the far north are being urged to help a scientific body with its research.

Dounreay apprentices gave more than £2600 to three different charities at a cheque presentation in Thurso.

Animal lovers are being invited to the Scottish SPCA’s Caithness centre next month to learn all about the important role of its volunteers.

This year’s Bettyhill gala queen is 16-year-old Anna Magee, a fourth-year pupil at Farr High School.

A plan to set up a community café in Castletown is making progress, according to those behind the project, with a pop-up facility opening next week.

NHS Highland is to open up hospital visiting times across the region – including at Caithness General – so that patients can have more flexibility.

A series of cooking workshops will be held this summer as part of Thurso Grows, the new project from Thurso Community Development Trust.

Action is needed to tackle the number of drug deaths in the Highlands and other parts of Scotland, according to MSP John Finnie.

An inspirational deaf woman has completed a motorcycling trip from Land’s End to John O’Groats to show deaf children “anything is possible”.

Entries are looking good for this year's Caithness County Show, the highlight of the local agricultural calendar, taking place at Wick.

A Caithness detective who worked on the notorious Jack the Ripper murders will be the subject of an illustrated talk in Thurso.

A meeting at Wick Town Hall on Friday took the vision of town centre regeneration a step closer with the formation of a new trust.