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Plans for a seven-turbine wind farm between Reay and Melvich have been turned down by Highland Council.

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in different areas of the Highlands has been made available for the first time.

An ambitious Scrabster couple have just received planning permission to build a microbrewery at Thurso Business Park.

TWELVE more cases of Covid-19 have been detected in the NHS Highland area, and Scotland's total since the start of the pandemic has now passed 30,000.

Saturday opening hours are being introduced at Highland Council's household waste recycling centres in Wick and Thurso.

The boss of a Caithness engineering firm has accused Highland Council of standing in the way of local jobs by rejecting his plans for a new base.

A Caithness singer/songwriter hit the right note with his second single which has gone to number two in the iTunes Country Music Charts.

Sites formerly occupied by two eyesore buildings in Wick are expected to be handed over to a local development trust by the end of this month.

A new Scottish Government grant helping those on low incomes to self-isolate has been welcomed by Highlands and Islands MSP Maree Todd.

Demand for the flu vaccination in Caithness has increased this year due to ongoing concerns about the coronavirus.

The imminent closure of the TSB branch in Wick 'stinks to high heaven' according the one local politician, as momentum gathered to fight the decision.

A mobile unit is to visit Wick four days a week as a temporary measure following the closure of the town's last remaining post office branch.

Sixteen new coronavirus cases have been logged in the NHS Highland area over the past 24 hours.

The Flow Country wildfire that raged for almost a week in north Sutherland last year could have been prevented had muirburn been allowed in the area.

Secondary pupils, their families and teachers have been praised after a new analysis of exam results across the Highland Council area.

Jamie Stone gave his backing to pantomime dames as they took centre stage in a protest over the lack of Covid-19 support for arts and entertainments.

Six groups in Caithness are among those to benefit from a funding boost of more than half a million pounds from the Beatrice Partnership Fund.

Thurso and Wick are among seven towns in the Highland Council area that will benefit from extra funding for insulation.

Four engines attended the fire at Ormlie Hill.

Girlguiding members from Caithness and Sutherland got a taste of life in Norse times when they took part in a virtual camp over Zoom.