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Caithness glass artist Ian Pearson has launched a new website after the coronavirus pandemic led him to rethink his approach to promoting his work.

A grieving husband has been left heartbroken after discovering he cannot be buried with his wife and infant son due to what he claims is a blunder.

Drug-trafficking in the Highlands is one of the main targets of the region's new top cop, Chief Superintendent Conrad Trickett.

A Thurso charity has been helping local people during the current coronavirus pandemic to get online by providing digital devices.

People in Caithness and other areas of the Highlands may have to wait until 2027 to get superfast broadband, according to north MSP Edward Mountain.

Missing person Barry Creighton from Caithness has been traced safe and well, police have confirmed.

New outdoor maths kits are being sent to all primary schools in the Highlands thanks to the Science Skills Academy.

Shocking levels of fuel poverty in the Highlands have prompted Highland Council to demand action to deliver a fair electricity distribution system.

A community sharing shed in Thurso has been proving popular with local people who are needing a helping hand.

Macmillan says it needs support more than ever before as it faces an estimated 75 per cent drop in income from its flagship fundraising event.

A group of young people from the Highlands are setting off today on a virtual walk of around 140 miles from Inverness to John O’Groats.

Poisoning is being suspected following the discovery of a number of dead fish in Wick River this week.

Two couples visited Wick in their Cars cartoon inspired vehicles as part of a 2500-mile UK charity run.

TEN more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the NHS Highland area ­­– amid warnings that the UK is at a "critical point" in the pandemic.

A student from Wick who was caught with £10,500 worth of cocaine and cannabis after a Christmas Eve train journey has avoided a jail sentence.

Wick will be without a post office next month due to the resignation of its postmaster with the nearest service then being eight miles away in Watten.

Workers from Scottish Water are on their way to deal with an interruption to the water supply affecting householders in the Thurso area.

The owners of a soft-play centre in Thurso fear they will be forced out of business unless new funding is made available by the Scottish Government.

Gail Ross has assured her constituents that they need have no concerns over phone scams if they receive a call from a Covid-19 contact tracer.

A day of action by Police Scotland – that included officers in Caithness – targeted drug dealers and saw 38 people safeguarded and two people arrested