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Brora are gearing up for “12 cup finals” as they look to maintain their push for the Highland League title in the closing months of the campaign.

Gary Manson told his Wick Academy players they could be proud of the effort they put in against Brora Rangers despite suffering a 3-0 defeat.

A “road traffic incident” has closed the Dornoch Bridge in both directions, Traffic Scotland was warning on Sunday night.

A Castletown couple returned to their home to find it had been trashed, a sheriff was told.

The meeting will decide whether to cut council house rent rises from 8% to 6% at the expense of measures to save tenants money on heating bills.

A moving tribute has been paid by a prestigious industry competition to a “one in a million” journalist who passed away late last year.

The John O’Groat Journal and The Caithness Courier’s parent company has won 6 titles at the annual Highlands and Islands Press Ball and Media Awards.

One person was taken to hospital following a three-vehicle crash on the A9 near the Dornoch Bridge yesterday.

Tourism levy plans are “genuinely scaring small businesses”, a Highland MSP has warned.

Scottish Water says it has completed a significant upgrade to the network in Thurso ahead of schedule.

Staff illness has sparked train cancellations on the Far North Line for the second day in a row.

The absence of overnight respite provision in the north Highlands for youngsters with special needs has taken a major toll, it has been claimed.

Far north MP Jamie Stone has lamented the “wasted potential” for nuclear development in Scotland with its potential to generate high-quality jobs.

A three-vehicle crash has partially closed the A9 at Dornoch Bridge.

Councillors questioned whether a draft three-year plan to implement the changes was “achievable”.

A Thurso woman had a visit from her ex partner, who behaved in a threatening or abusive manner towards her on New Year’s Day, Wick court heard.

The UK government’s much-criticised inheritance tax plans are “based on outdated and inaccurate data”, the outgoing NFU Scotland president says.

A new date has been fixed for the trial of a man who made his name selling racing tips.

A member of a well-respected Caithness farming family is to judge pedigree bulls and females at a royal occasion.

A man travelling on the Inverness-Wick bus service was subjected to an unprovoked attack by a drunken fellow passenger – just out of prison.