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MSP Maree Todd has praised senior Scottish Government figures for "engaging positively" with the Caithness community on health and energy issues.

Top Joe's footballers from across the age divide served up an entertaining 6-6 draw on Saturday in a "New versus Old" anniversary match at Ormlie.

Wick's Avonlea care home is "being temporarily vacated" and is "not formally closing", Highland Council has announced.

Wick and District Pigeon Club held the last race of the season from Dunfermline, a distance of 163 miles, on Friday.

Far north MP Jamie Stone has called on the newly elected Conservative leader Liz Truss to immediately freeze energy bills.

Plans are already well under way for next year's Tunes By the Dunes after the "huge success" of the Dunnet music festival at the weekend.

Forty-eight young golfers competed in the Thurso Junior Open, sponsored by Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd and held in sunny conditions.

The bid to secure UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the Flow Country has been boosted by endorsement from SNP minister John Nicolson.

A man found dead at the bottom of 30ft cliffs at Thurso East on Saturday is understood to be Lord Strathnaver, Alex Sutherland.

Gary Manson admitted Wick had been poor from the first minute to the last as they suffered their heaviest home defeat as a Highland League club.

Police are appealing for information about a World War I helmet and a model ship stolen from a house in Forss last month.

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Libraries in the Highlands have been rewarded with top marks in a customer service accreditation.

Hill farmers and crofters are being reminded that the Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme (SUSSS), worth more than £7 million annually, is now open.

A former chief executive of the local enterprise company in the far north has been named by the Crofting Commission as one of two new commissioners.

People living in the area around a proposed wind farm in north Sutherland are being asked to contribute to a consultation on a community benefit fund.

Waste from Dounreay is being incinerated as part of the decommissioning of the former nuclear power plant.

Derelict buildings at a historic Caithness mill could be transformed into holiday accommodation if a planning application gets the go-ahead.

A plan to build four bothies on a strip of coastal land near Castletown is being opposed by several nearby residents.

Wick Academy will face unfamiliar opposition as they look to continue their 100 per cent home record, with Banks O' Dee visiting Harmsworth Park.