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Thurso library shelved for the rest of 2013

Thurso library shelved for the rest of 2013

In the meantime, the library is set to move to a temporary site in the town centre to provide a scaled-down service while repairs are completed.


Wood is much overlooked in this plastic age

Wood is much overlooked in this plastic age

Wood today is much overlooked as a natural resource, everlastingly renewable, infinitely variable, and we will still have it when the oil runs out.


Thurso Library closed until 2014

Thurso Library closed until 2014

Thurso Library could be closed for up to 12 months after major structural damage was found during refurbishment work at the facility.


Work begins to cut down trees in Thurso square

Work begins to cut down trees in Thurso square

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Adventures for Farr's very own famous five

Adventures for Farr's very own famous five

FARR High incoming first-year class, with only five pupils, is the smallest secondary intake in the school’s history.


Brothers contribute to Scottish fly fishing victory

Brothers contribute to Scottish fly fishing victory

Alan and Kevin Porteous travelled to Bewl Water in Kent where they met up with the rest of the team whose high hopes of doing proved well founded.


Brownies get insight into animal welfare

Brownies get insight into animal welfare

AUDREY Gunn, SSPCA officer for Caithness and Sutherland, gave Halkirk Brownies a talk on her work.


Caithness take six golds at north meet

Caithness take six golds at north meet

This is the main regional championships in the north track and field season which sees stiff competition coming from Orkney, Shetland and Stornoway as…


Cops accused of causing extra grief

Cops accused of causing extra grief

A retired Church of Scotland minister is demanding answers from the force after an elderly man whose wife had just died was told he could not stay in…


Debut sci-fi novel took 15 years to pen

Debut sci-fi novel took 15 years to pen

A PAPIGOE resident has published his first novel, Landership, on Amazon Kindle at the age of 70.


Everest bid thwarted by eyesight problems

Everest bid thwarted by eyesight problems

A MOUNTAIN climber has decided to back away from his first attempt to climb Mount Everest due to health worries.


Fight to re-open old kirk gathers support

Fight to re-open old kirk gathers support

Old St Peter’s Church has remained closed to the public since 2007 after incidents of vandalism led to the decision by officials to keep the site…


Florist Amanda is Wick's very own silver darling

Florist Amanda is Wick's very own silver darling

Amanda Coghill achieved the same feat she did two years ago when she picked up a silver medal in the Florist of the Year category at the RHS Chelsea Flower…


Garden owl doesn't give a hoot for convention

Garden owl doesn't give a hoot for convention

IT has captured the imagination of bird lovers in Caithness with members of the public having flocked to the garden of two brothers to see a supposed…


Head blasts new janitor regime

Head blasts new janitor regime

A CONTROVERSIAL new "janny" regime which has seen primary schools lose their peramenent janitors has been attacked by a headteacher.


HIAL pressed to come clean on ‘torture’ flights

HIAL pressed to come clean on ‘torture’ flights

HIGHLANDS and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) is being asked to make clear once and for all whether Wick was used during CIA rendition flights.


Rainbows compete for charity in Olympic-style event

Rainbows compete for charity in Olympic-style event


Thurso Legion crowned as Scottish champions

Thurso Legion crowned as Scottish champions

The Thurso branch of the RBLS hosted the Legion Indoor Bowling Championships, having won the Highlands and Islands area competition last year. They won…


Top honours for young cadet

Top honours for young cadet

SEVENTEEN-year-old Katie-Rose MacDonald has been awarded the lord-lieutenant’s cadet award.


Wick Groats sport new kit

Wick Groats sport new kit

Last year’s Caithness Division One soccer champions Wick Groats are this season kitted out in strips donated by Mervyn Hill, owner of the town’s…


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