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Councillor Raymond Bremner says 'The main thing is to improve safety in those areas'

Pentland United were crowned as county champions for the first time in over a decade as the last night of CAFA Division One ended in confusion.

That is despite the Caithness committee agreeing to exclude the mediaeval quarter of the town

Two brothers are undertaking a NC500 charity cycle trip in memory of their late cousin who took his life last year.

High Life Highland Countryside Rangers have two free nature events at Wick riverside this weekend.

Staff from the Rosebank wing at Caithness General Hospital, past and present, gathered to mark the retirement of long-serving colleague Pat McGee.

Drugs played a key role in a brutal street assault in Wick by two men and a woman which left their victim with several facial fractures.

Caithness councillors have agreed to make Thurso’s temporary lockdown-era 20mph scheme a permanent fixture.

Councillor Matthew Reiss has declared that the way in which roads are funded is "hopeless” and has called for a complete reassessment of it.

Staff at a Wick care home have been praised by inspectors for their "warm and friendly manner" and for ensuring that residents feel "listened to".

The Summer Sessions at the Rosebank Playing Fields in Wick have been hailed as "a big success" by the director of Lyth Arts Centre

School Street Zones aim to drastically reduce traffic around schools, providing cleaner air and safer streets.

The Highland Council is seeking local feedback on a public housing survey that will help it deliver new affordable housing and housing services.

The local authority was responding to the uncertainty triggered by strike action

Thurso hosted its first junior parkrun at the weekend, with 53 young runners and walkers taking part in the event.

At the Caithness Committee meeting yesterday members approved a winter maintenance plan for the area which includes priority gritting routes.

The developers of the Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm have submitted their offshore application to the government agency Marine Scotland.

Maree Todd has warned that many businesses across her Caithness, Sutherland and Ross constituency could be "crippled" by the rising cost of energy.

In a message to staff Professor Todd Walker cites "family and personal reasons" for the decision.

A visit to the Pulteney Centre in Wick showed how a free shopping initiative has gone from strength to strength over the past year.