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A Caithness charity that aims to promote the fitness and well-being of local kids has been busy raising charity cash.

North of Scotland Newspapers is again running a readers’ calendar photography competition to showcase Caithness in all four seasons.

The Francis Street Club in Wick has been sold for an undisclosed sum. That was confirmed by the liquidator, FRP Advisory.

A call has been made for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to invest more money in Caithness to offset job losses from Dounreay decommissioning.

A Wick town centre shop, which closed over concerns about double yellow lines, has reopened.

A local beach clean group has now collected over four tons of rubbish from around the Caithness shoreline.

Lybster harbour is being transformed for a forthcoming episode of hit Netflix series The Crown.

A rallying call has been made for volunteers to get involved with the Children's Panel in Caithness.

Dounreay suffered a power cut as a result of a lightning strike

Members of the public are being invited to comment on the plans for a spaceport on the north Sutherland coast.

Dunnet is playing host to a weekend of Celtic rock with the first Tunes By the Dunes festival, and almost all the 1000 tickets have been sold.

Spectacular African dance and drum event in Wick features Mbilou, a great Bwiti shaman and healer.

A plan for Caithness police officers to use mobile technology by next spring has been described as "a very big step forward".

Pentland Housing Association plans to transfer its homes and services to Cairn Housing Association next year.

The Camps Bar in Wick has raised money to install life-saving devices in the town.

A special gin tasting event proved a popular attraction at the Alexander Bain pub in Wick.

John O’Groats embraced its Norse heritage when it played host to its first Viking Taster Festival, organised by the local development trust.

Highland firms are being invited to bid for work worth tens of millions of pounds from one of the world’s largest offshore wind projects.

A Caithness councillor challenged Scotland's transport secretary Michael Matheson on the need for A9 improvements in the north.

The family of Kevin McLeod, the Wick man whose body was found in the town's harbour 22 years ago, have called for a public inquiry into his death.