THURSO High deputy head teacher Ken Murphy has been appointed as acting head teacher of the school after attempts to find a permanent rector once…
NEXT Friday will see four local golfers attempt to play the four Caithness golf courses in only 24 hours.
HUNDREDS of folk lined Princes Street in Thurso last night (Saturday) to enjoy a spectacular massed pipe bands display.
A NATIONAL inquiry into the changing role of digital technology, undertaken by The Royal Society of Edinburgh, will be in Thurso next week to hear the…
CLEAN up teams at Dounreay are stripping out equipment from a plant which the late Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opened in 1979.
THE good news for organisers of Latheron Show is no rain is forecast which should ensure a bumper crowd attends the event’s 90th anniversary today.
BARRETT’S Beads and Crafts’ Bridge Street Shop may have closed its doors at the end of April, but that did not make its owners give up on…
THE GATES of Old St Peters Kirk have been opened to the public for the first time in six years as Highland Council gave the green light for visitors…
UP to 620 tourists are expected to take in the sights of Thurso and Caithness today as the cruise liner Amadea docked at Scrabster Harbour this morning.
TWO new attractions will be on display at tomorrow’s Thurso Lifeboat Summer Fayre.
A COLLISION on the A836 this morning between a van and a tractor left the road blocked, but no one was hurt.
The event is open to people of all ages, offering an unusual mix of free activities connected by the broad theme of renewable energy. The day is part…
The 1st Dunnet Bay Beavers gave their leader a fond farewell at their latest meet as Audrey Halle bowed out after five years in charge of the colony.…
POSTAL services look set to be disrupted later this year as union officials confirmed they would take part in any strike action as a result of the privatisation…
BENEFIT claimants in Caithness are worried they will be turfed out of their homes as the bedroom tax begins to bite.
TESTS have concluded a whale washed ashore at Thurso beach died as a result of drowning.
I have multiple interests in the crews from Ullapool, Coigach, Helmsdale and Wick as they are all residents of my constituency, along with 41 others from…
The £500,000 Morrison Park will be officially opened on Wednesday, July 31, when Halkirk United take on Clachnacuddin in the first round of the…
Landward councillor Willie Mackay, who started all the events and acted as compere, said: “It was a very competitive games with all the schoolchildren…
THE activist group behind a campaign to open the gates at a Thurso tourist attraction which have been locked for six years has disbanded due to a lack…