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North MSP Gail Ross was among those at Holyrood voicing concerns about Hial's plans to centralise air traffic control.

A well-used bench in Thurso that was destroyed by vandals has been replaced by the Caithness Community Payback Team.

Amateur thespians at Bettyhill are in rehearsal for a production of Sleeping Beauty to be staged next month.

Pupils and staff at Thurso's Miller Academy Primary School celebrated Robert Burns's birthday with a traditional lunch followed by a Scottish show.

North MP Jamie Stone has hit out at the UK Government for failing the terminally ill with a "lack of action over benefits".

An appeal has gone out for information about an old Caithness sporting trophy which was found in the vaults of a luxury Edinburgh jewellery business.

Rail passengers in Caithness and Sutherland can look forward to "a more reliable railway" in the next five years, it has been claimed.

North coast residents could become shareholders in a proposed wind farm scheme in a bid to turn local wish lists into action.

Plans to have street pastors patrolling the town centres in Caithness took a step forward this week following a meeting in Wick.

Eighty years ago this week, Wick witnessed a scene described as "probably the saddest in the history of the town" after the loss of HMS Exmouth.

The Scottish SPCA has benefited from a festive project run by Melvich Primary School.

A plan to create another wind farm in the Reay area is "completely unnecessary", according to local campaigner Brenda Herrick.

Alan Hendry offers a personal reflection on the long political career of Lord Maclennan of Rogart, the former far north MP, who has died aged 83

Presenters past and present gathered to celebrate the new frequency for community radio station Caithness FM.

A police incident command unit is sitting in Lybster as the base of operations for the latest investigation into the death of Stefan Sutherland.

A damning report by Audit Scotland has severely criticised Highland Council for its performance and sustainability, outlining a range of issues.

Last weekend's Burns Independence Supper in Thurso was "a great night", according to the Yes Caithness group which organised the event.

Dorcas Sinclair from Caithness Beach Cleans has been nominated for an Amazing Woman award and recently unearthed a cache of old sauce bottles.

CALEY Thistle have remained tight-lipped over the identity of a star lined up to play at the ground on June 27 – but we can reveal it is Tom Jones.

A travelling musician popped into the Groat office to play some of his new songs ahead of a gig in Thurso on Friday.