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Trade reached £4100 at the annual show and sale of North Country Cheviot rams and females at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ Caithness Livestock Centre.

More than 150 local dog lovers gathered at the Assembly Rooms in Wick to support local charity KWK9 Rescue at its annual novelty dog show.

Vintage films and old railway photos will be among the attractions as Wick Heritage Museum takes part in the national Doors Open Day programme.

A special counter-terrorist police team was in operation in Wick today (September 20) as part of Project Servator.

Gold awards were given to Caithness businesses for coming up trumps with their disabled toilet facilities.

A sale of local artists' work will take place in Thurso's Pentland Hotel on Wednesday (September 25).

The operators of the Moray West offshore wind farm have insisted that the project remains viable despite failing to win a Contract for Difference.

Owner John Inglis is delighted as hot-smoked trout hits the spot with Great Taste judges

More than 200 students who achieved qualifications from North Highland College UHI in 2018/19 were recognised at a special award ceremony in Thurso.

Emergency services attended a medical incident today (Thursday, September 19) on the A9 near Spittal.

Multimillion-pound drama The Crown is currently filming scenes for the royal drama at the villages of Keiss and Lybster

Road maintenance work is set to begin on the A9 near Latheronwheel next week and is expected to take up to four days to complete.

Wick-based glass engraver Denis Mann will be giving a talk in Lybster on Wednesday evening.

Caithness Rural Transport now has a fully qualified D1 trainer and 16-seat wheelchair adapted minibus that can be used for minibus driver training.

Underwater explorer and cameraman Doug Allan has teamed up with Old Pulteney whisky to tell tales of those whose lives have been shaped by the sea.

A Caithness artist's Oor Wullie sculpture proved popular with the bidders at a charity auction, raising a remarkable £7000.

Sophie Morgan who volunteered for the local branch of the RDA has received a gold award from a young equestrian scheme.

A fitting tribute was paid to men of the Merchant Navy at a commemoration event in Wick on Sunday.

Police have said there are no suspicious circumstances following the death of a 79-year-old man who became unwell while travelling on the Gills ferry.

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Rev Colin Sinclair, is preparing to spend more than a week touring Caithness.