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Thurso Community Fire Station was called out last night (April 18) to the tower blocks around Stainland Street to deal with a house fire.

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The council’s controversial new non-recyclable waste bins are wending their way to Caithness with a roll-out now happening in Ross and Cromarty.

A farmer has warned that two wind turbines will be “a blight on a valued landscape” and will upset his livestock if they are allowed to go ahead.

David Green aims to replace the SNP’s Maree Todd in Caithness, Sutherland and Ross after a close-run contest in 2021

A Thurso woman who went on a shoplifting spree in Wick has been ordered to carry out 70 hours of unpaid community work.

Trees for Life says it is ‘hugely worrying and a move in the wrong direction’ while Oxfam Scotland call it ‘an acute global embarrassment’.

Chairman Drew Millar says he wants the information so ‘we have a clear conscience when making a decision about the Highland community we represent.’

Plans to axe the vascular surgery service in the Highlands would be "a real worry and a concern" for patients in Caithness, according to a campaigner.

The body recently discovered at John O’Groats is not the local man reported missing several weeks ago, confirmed Police Scotland today.

Who would want a postbox situated on a barren patch of Caithness moorland with no nearby home connected with it?

A lack of progress in reopening a Highland railway station that was temporarily shut in a row over access, is “concerning”, say local politicians.

Alzheimer Scotland is pushing forward with special sessions in Thurso for those living with memory loss in Caithness and their carers.

A call has been made for more facilities in Caithness for camper vans to try and prevent mess and litter being left on places such as beaches.

Participants are being sought in Caithness for a podcast documentary on rural Scotland's LGBTQ+ community.

The opening night of a new exhibition highlighting local photographic talents proved to be a popular event at Thurso Art Gallery.

Politicians must now get permission from the education boss to visit schools which they say impedes their ‘ability to represent our constituents’

A Wick man has admitted having been in possession of an axe in a local house.

Top officials say that councillors, MSPs and MPS must get permission from education bosses before visiting schools.

Holyrood Notebook by Maree Todd