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Lybster pupils are winners with information leaflets

Lybster pupils are winners with information leaflets

Lybster pupils are winners with information leaflets

15 September 2020

Two senior pupils from Lybster Primary School have had their hard work recognised with a special award.


Highlands tops 500 cases of coronavirus

Highlands tops 500 cases of coronavirus

Highlands tops 500 cases of coronavirus

15 September 2020

Seven more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the NHS Highland area –­ taking the region's cumulative total above 500.


Workers replace vandalised fence near historic Caithness castle

Workers replace vandalised fence near historic Caithness castle

Workers replace vandalised fence near historic Caithness castle

15 September 2020

Work has been carried out to replace a vandalised section of wooden fencing close to the historic Castle of Old Wick.


Freezer donation extends range at Caithness Foodbank

Freezer donation extends range at Caithness Foodbank

Freezer donation extends range at Caithness Foodbank

15 September 2020

The donation of a food freezer to Caithness Foodbank's newly extended Thurso premises will be 'very useful in reducing' food wastage.


Local horse riders welcome Dunnet beach parking correction

Local horse riders welcome Dunnet beach parking correction

Local horse riders welcome Dunnet beach parking correction

15 September 2020

Local horse riders have welcomed changes to a parking sign recently put up at the main beach car park at Dunnet which excluded trailers.


Technology boost for vulnerable Highlanders

Technology boost for vulnerable Highlanders

Technology boost for vulnerable Highlanders

15 September 2020

HUNDREDS of vulnerable Highlanders are to be given web connections and devices to help them access vital services and stay connected.


Get your photo in our calendar

Get your photo in our calendar

Get your photo in our calendar

14 September 2020

Send us your photos of Caithness to be in with a chance of them featuring in our 2021 calendar – and win a photo book and a copy of the calendar.


Thurso kids and walkers benefit from community payback work

Thurso kids and walkers benefit from community payback work

Thurso kids and walkers benefit from community payback work

14 September 2020

Children at Miller Academy have colourful benches and people using Victoria Walk are benefitting from refurbished fencing thanks to community payback.


NHS Highland detects five further Covid-19 cases

NHS Highland detects five further Covid-19 cases

NHS Highland detects five further Covid-19 cases

14 September 2020

Five new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours.


Electric vehicle and environment views sought as council marks Climate Week

Electric vehicle and environment views sought as council marks Climate Week

Electric vehicle and environment views sought as council marks Climate Week

14 September 2020

OPINIONS and ideas over electric transport uptake are being sought by Highland Council at a series of special events to mark Scotland's Climate Week.


Warning of hoax lottery letters

Warning of hoax lottery letters

Warning of hoax lottery letters

14 September 2020

Highland Council warns Caithness residents that letters claiming they have won a share of £425,000 in a 'postcode lottery' are part a scam operation.


Pools to reintroduce family swims and lessons

Pools to reintroduce family swims and lessons

Pools to reintroduce family swims and lessons

14 September 2020

Family swimming sessions and swimming lessons for children are expected to be return from later this month.


Horsin' Around with gold awards at Lyth

Horsin' Around with gold awards at Lyth

Horsin' Around with gold awards at Lyth

14 September 2020

Special awards were given out to pony club members at the Horsin' Around riding school based in Lyth.


Panto cancelled as boss ‘faces reality’

Panto cancelled as boss ‘faces reality’

Panto cancelled as boss ‘faces reality’

13 September 2020

Bosses at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness have taken the “incredibly difficult decision” to postpone this year's pantomime.


PICTURES: A close-up look at MeyGen turbines

PICTURES: A close-up look at MeyGen turbines

PICTURES: A close-up look at MeyGen turbines

13 September 2020

Caithness councillors visited the assembly yard at Nigg to get an insight into the next phase of the MeyGen tidal power generation scheme.


Confirmed coronavirus cases climb by eight in NHS Highland area

Confirmed coronavirus cases climb by eight in NHS Highland area

Confirmed coronavirus cases climb by eight in NHS Highland area

13 September 2020

In the past 24 hours the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the NHS Highland region has increased by eight.


Kayak offers a route to secret spots on coast

Kayak offers a route to secret spots on coast

Kayak offers a route to secret spots on coast

13 September 2020

OUT AND ABOUT WITH RALPH Hidden bays and inaccessible geos where few people venture are opened up to the intrepid paddler


Hope on the Horizons

Hope on the Horizons

Hope on the Horizons

13 September 2020

A cultural and tourism venue in Thurso could be up and running early next year to replace the troubled Caithness Horizons.


Have your say on Caithness kiosks

Have your say on Caithness kiosks

Have your say on Caithness kiosks

13 September 2020

Highland Council is seeking final feedback from the public on British Telecom’s proposal to remove 107 public payphones from across the region.


Easterlies sending unusual seabirds onto our headlands

Easterlies sending unusual seabirds onto our headlands

Easterlies sending unusual seabirds onto our headlands

12 September 2020

WILDLIFE WATCH Rob Hughes shares his own and others' latest sightings from around Caithness


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