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Caithness Mental Health Support Group centres in Wick and Thurso kept their doors open over the festive period to the delight of members.

A local weather pundit warns that Caithness can expect temperatures to plummet further with a big freeze expected tonight (January 9).

But goods vehicles could see the speed limit increase on single and dual carriageways by 10mph.

A Wick woman is to fight charges of assault and causing damage at a house near Halkirk.

The First Minister has met the family of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson, whose murder remains unsolved after more than two decades.

A John O’Groats man caught on his mobile phone by police while driving his van was fined £200 at Wick Sheriff Court.

Community councillors have expressed their dismay that a historic corner of Wick town centre has become a “disaster area” and “dumping ground”.

A public meeting is being planned in Wick later this month to look at how the town’s proposed banking hub will operate.

A Wick man who was the subject of an arrest warrant turned up at court on Wednesday and admitted breaking into a Wick supermarket with intent to steal

Members of the Royal Burgh of Wick Community Council have praised the small team of volunteers responsible for lighting up the town for Christmas.

A young Thurso driver is contesting a defective tyre charge.

Snow showers and ice will bring further disruption to travel in the Highlands and Moray as a yellow weather warning has been extended.

The lack of white lining at a busy junction in Wick could be an accident risk, a local community councillor has warned.

Over £107,000 has now been raised for a state-of-the-art playpark at John O’Groats, with the latest contribution coming from a glow walk on Saturday.

Walkers at Wick’s riverside are now able to apply grit to the potentially slippery approaches to the two Coghill footbridges during icy conditions.

Wick’s Hogmanay street party would not have happened had Specsavers not come on board as main sponsor, community councillors have been told.

Talented bakers from Caithness and Sutherland are among those who will be going for glory in the 2025 Highland Shortbread Showdown.

Works to strengthen the bridge towers on the Kessock Bridge are under way after a delay to series of “essential works” was announced in October 2024.

Repairs are due to be carried out soon at the vandalised toilet block in Wick’s Whitechapel Road which has been closed since Christmas.

Our Give Blood, Save Lives campaign to boost blood donations across the north has now passed the 1000 mark.