DURING the second week of the Easter holidays Wick Academy, supported by High Life Highland’s active schools programme in Caithness, ran a football…
MEMBERS of Halkirk Smallbore Rifle Club are delighted to have been able to carry out some much-needed improvements to their indoor range, thanks to a…
WATTEN Improvements Group had a bumper response to the fundraiser it staged in the village hall on Saturday evening. People from the village and beyond…
A CAITHNESS company has become the first manufacturing business in the north to win two Queen’s Awards.
THE most complete school campus anywhere in the Highlands – that is how the replacement Wick High and an adjoining primary were described as the…
This year’s Halkirk Gala queen is Rachel Gunn. The gala week, which includes its usual mix of novelty, fun and sports events, gets under way on…
THE home run is in sight with Wick Academy having parked the bus in the garage for another season as the club prepares to complete its Highland League…
This image of a calm day at Dunbeath Harbour was taken by Jackie Forbes, of West Banks Avenue, Wick. The port had its heyday in the mid 19th century when…
THE recent sizeable growth in traffic at Wick John O’Groats Airport has continued, mainly due to a surge in oil-related helicopters.
A 23-YEAR-OLD Thrumster man who crept into his neighbour’s home at night while she was asleep has been placed on an 18-month supervision order.
THE school, the shop and the pub are all in danger of closing if the go-ahead is given to build an electricity switching station on the outskirts of a…
CAITHNESS Heart Support Group is finalising arrangements for its second public health event.
THE lure of four TV celebrities was enough for around 600 people to pitch up in the middle of night at John O’Groats to witness them finish an end-to-end…
STRONG winds were forecast for the start of Pentland Firth Yacht Club’s sailing season in Thurso Bay. The light winds in the early afternoon tempted…
THE Inner Wheel Club of Thurso celebrated its 24th birthday at the town’s Pentland Hotel.
THE latest fundraising efforts by the ‘Ormlie Girls’, the ladies’ section of Thurso’s Ormlie Lodge Club, have provided a…
I WOKE to the sound of thunder and smiled. I am back in the land of thunderstorms and bold flashes of lightning that sear the sky. I am back on the prairies…
IT must have been 30 years since I last did it. Not that I was waiting. Or counting...
CASTLETOWN freezer firm Icetech has gone into liquidation with the loss of around 70 jobs.