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The “biggest Christmas party the Highlands have ever seen” has been promised after musicians Calum MacPhail and Torridon announced a joint gig.

Works to improve the surface of the A9 near Dunbeath will see 10mph convoys and lane closures from next week.

Thurso’s historic Masonic hall will be the setting for a community event featuring food stalls as well as art, jewellery and other creations.

Caithness Family History Society’s last meeting before the summer will look at how to make the most of the world’s largest free genealogy resource.

A serial domestic abuse offender might avoid a jail sentence if he is assessed as suitable for a rehabilitation programme.

Crofters are asking government to take action to control predation by sea eagles after claims that attacks on lambs have reached unprecedented levels.

A charity has reported an explosion in numbers of one of Scotland’s fastest-declining butterflies, with more than 500 counted at a Highland estate.

Christians who meet at Wick’s Bethany Hall are looking ahead to a Gospel meeting on Saturday, June 21, a century on from the opening event.

‘The Flows and the Flora’ comprises over 40 pieces including drawings, etchings and paintings from Magi Sinclair.

Members of Caithness Vintage Tractor and Machinery Club had a visit to the newly renovated John O’Groats Mill and were shown round by Rognvald Brown.

A Wick man who flouted a bail condition not to contact his former partner avoided a prison sentence and was instead fined £300.

An epic challenge which saw a semi-retired farmer take a vintage tractor from Land’s End to John O’Groats is closing in on its fundraising target.

Draw for preliminary and first round has been made.

A £300 million deal will help more than double the number of EV charge points in the Highlands before the end of 2027.

The company proposing a battery energy storage scheme at Mey has insisted all its projects are “subject to the full planning and regulatory process”.

Geoff Simpson’s message to Eastern Airways is: “If you’re not going to do a decent job, just get out of the road and let somebody come in that will.”

A collaborative workshop by Nucleus and Edinburgh Napier University will include a talk and Q&A about an 18th/19th-century Caithness midwife.

Fears have emerged that groundworks for major renewable projects across the Highlands could be exposing radioactive contamination from Chernobyl.

Police who caught up with a 4x4 driver they were following got an unexpected reply when they asked him to tell them who had been at the wheel.

The reopening of John O’Groats Mill was described as “a huge moment” as members of the community got a first look inside the refurbished complex.