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Campaigners pressing for safety upgrades at Forss have warned that speeding drivers are creating an "intolerable" and "unacceptable" situation.

Campaigners have warned that asking expectant mothers to travel from Caithness to Inverness in severe weather is "a tragedy waiting to happen".

An ambitious project to refurbish Wick's riverside fountain has taken a major step forward with new lighting being installed and switched on.

North MSP Maree Todd has welcomed the announcement of a new grant to support local bus services while passenger numbers recover from the pandemic.

Highland Council is very close to full compliance with new fire safety legislation and committee members were given a statement today.

Jamie Stone says householders face an acute cost-of-living crisis despite efforts by the Chancellor to soften the blow of the energy price cap rise.

One of the flagship events of the north business calendar, the Highland Business Dinner, will return this May after a two year absence

Police Scotland's Highland and Islands Police Division is seeing a pattern of such crimes across the Caithness and the rest of the Highlands.

A space aviation firm has taken a further step towards its aim of launching commercial rockets from Space Hub Sutherland.

TV presenter and former politician Michael Portillo reaches Thurso this evening on the latest leg of his exploration of Britain's rail routes.

Over 500 children will have waiting times reduced by the end of the year, say Highland health authority

A Met Office bulletin issued this morning warns that icy patches are likely tomorrow in Caithness, especially on untreated surfaces.

Ministers cannot continue to bury their heads in the sand on nuclear power, according to MP

Thurso Youth Club is enjoying a new lease of life after a £60,000 refurbishment including a complete kitchen refit.

Work to resurface badly scarred and potholed road surfaces is currently taking place on the A882 near Bilbster this afternoon.

Three Wick people are alleged to have forced a person to the ground in a local street, repeatedly punched and kicked him and stamped on his head.

Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant yesterday handed in her opposition to the latest Scotrail consultation.

Caithness shoppers have been hit with the highest price rises in nearly a decade after retail inflation almost doubled over the past month.

Local authority staff who worked to deliver Covid-19 grants to hard-hit Highland businesses have been praised by a senior councillor.

A Liverpool motor-mechanic turned drug dealer has been jailed for a year by a sheriff who described his defence as "unworthy of belief".