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Academy skills sessions prove popular with kids

Academy skills sessions prove popular with kids

DURING the second week of the Easter holidays Wick Academy, supported by High Life Highland’s active schools programme in Caithness, ran a football…


Benefit fund boosts club

Benefit fund boosts club

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…


International food fundraiser goes down a treat

International food fundraiser goes down a treat

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…


Hi-tech firm wins second Queen’s Award

Hi-tech firm wins second Queen’s Award

A CAITHNESS company has become the first manufacturing business in the north to win two Queen’s Awards.


Wick school campus plans go on display

Wick school campus plans go on display

THE most complete school campus anywhere in the Highlands – that is how the replacement Wick High and an adjoining primary were described as the…


Rachel is Halkirk Gala queen

Rachel is Halkirk Gala queen

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…


Academy aim to make the most of home run

Academy aim to make the most of home run

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…


A calm day at Dunbeath harbour

A calm day at Dunbeath harbour

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…


Another boost in traffic for Wick airport

Another boost in traffic for Wick airport

THE recent sizeable growth in traffic at Wick John O’Groats Airport has continued, mainly due to a surge in oil-related helicopters.


Community payback for night-time intruder

Community payback for night-time intruder

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.


Fears new power station will spark Keiss rundown

Fears new power station will spark Keiss rundown

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…


Heart charity stages health forum

Heart charity stages health forum

CAITHNESS Heart Support Group is finalising arrangements for its second public health event.


Hundreds turn out to see four stars in a car

Hundreds turn out to see four stars in a car

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…


Husband and wife battle it out in season’s opener

Husband and wife battle it out in season’s opener

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…


Inner Wheel marks milestone

Inner Wheel marks milestone

THE Inner Wheel Club of Thurso celebrated its 24th birthday at the town’s Pentland Hotel.


Keiran is Caithness karate kingpin

Keiran is Caithness karate kingpin


‘Ormlie Girls’ raise a grand to aid epileptics

‘Ormlie Girls’ raise a grand to aid epileptics

THE latest fundraising efforts by the ‘Ormlie Girls’, the ladies’ section of Thurso’s Ormlie Lodge Club, have provided a…


Retracing my small childhood footsteps in Indy

Retracing my small childhood footsteps in Indy

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…


Revisiting that dark side of the moon...

Revisiting that dark side of the moon...

IT must have been 30 years since I last did it. Not that I was waiting. Or counting...


70 jobs go as freezer plant shuts

70 jobs go as freezer plant shuts

CASTLETOWN freezer firm Icetech has gone into liquidation with the loss of around 70 jobs.


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