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Highland Council has announced it is planning to close its children's home in Wick and is involved in 'sensitive discussions' with staff and children.

The company planning to build a wind farm off the north coast of Caithness has joined Caithness Chamber of Commerce as a diamond premier partner.

A legal challenge involving a Highland campaigner is ready to be launched against the energy regulator.

Postal workers are expected to be manning picket lines at several locations across Caithness and Sutherland on Friday as part of a nationwide strike.

BUSINESSES from Caithness are in the run up for a prestigious award celebrating the best food and drinks producers in the region.

Advice has been issued to Caithness residents as Ofgem prepares to announce its energy price cap for the end of the year.

Business leaders in Caithness are calling for more support with rising costs as the energy regulator looks set to announce a price cap rise on Friday.

Two Ukrainian musicians entertained at Thurso last week as part of a UK tour to raise money for victims of the war in their home country.

Caithness AFA is investigating the events that led to a county league match being abandoned after the referee was said to have felt threatened.

Part of the City-Region Deal, the digital project aims to make Highland the most digitally connected rural region in Europe.

A Wick church which has recently seen improvements to its building is to host two renowned musicians at a unique fundraising event.

Peatlands that were planted with conifers after tax breaks in the 1970s and 80s will be soaked up into a wider conservation area.

Two writers, each with a different take on history, are set to appear at the next event on the John O’Groats Book Festival programme.

Highland Council talks of alternative options to residential child care provision.

The Swartigill archaeological dig on the Thrumster Estate has reported the 'star find' of a colourful 2000-year-old bead with a yellow spiral pattern.

A Castletown man who assaulted his father has been given a chance to demonstrate he can behave.

A Ross-shire driver who started to overtake a lorry in the path of an oncoming vehicle was fined £200 at Wick Sheriff Court on Wednesday.

Holyrood Notebook by Edward Mountain

Highland Council launched a community engagement exercise to ask people's views on how they would like to see funding being prioritised in their area

A young Hull man is facing a charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.