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Disbury scores a handicap cut

Disbury scores a handicap cut

BRIGHT skies and a gentle wind greeted golfers at Reay on Saturday as they gathered to compete for glory in the June Medal.


Investing in art could be time well spent!

Investing in art could be time well spent!

Sir – With the news that Thurso Library looks set to remain closed for this year, which also affects the Swanson Gallery, people will be suffering…


Parents are up in arms at school bus axe

Parents are up in arms at school bus axe

ANGRY parents are to hold a meeting in Wick this afternoon to express their concerns about the loss of a bus service used by their children to get home…


Riders clock up top-five finish

Riders clock up top-five finish

CAITHNESS Cycling Club riders Allan Sutherland and Andrew "Hamper" MacLeod were on excellent form to finish in fifth place in the Garve 2-Up 25-mile time…


Jobs joy as MTDS is taken over

Jobs joy as MTDS is taken over

A CAITHNESS engineering firm, which was in financial trouble has been taken over, saving 26 local jobs.


William cleans up at busy Bettyhill Mod

William cleans up at busy Bettyhill Mod

THURSO High School pupil William Campbell claimed four trophies as Bettyhill staged the annual Sutherland and Caithness Provincial Mod on Saturday.


Acks impress to earn slot in quarter finals

Acks impress to earn slot in quarter finals

FOUR Caithness sides secured quarter-final berths in the CDFS Highland Amateur Cup following Saturday’s action-packed third round ties.


Boy racers turn Thurso street into 'Grand Prix' circuit

Boy racers turn Thurso street into 'Grand Prix' circuit

Landward councillor Willie Mackay and his wife Glynis were babysitting for a family member on Saturday night in Robert Dick Place.


Final whistle farewell for ref

Final whistle farewell for ref

JOHN Arrowsmith, right, who has retired after refereeing in Caithness for the last 23 years, was presented with a farewell gift from Suleiman Makhouli,…


Highland Home by Sharon Pottinger

Highland Home by Sharon Pottinger

ALTHOUGH museums have different missions and different histories, they all have in common a desire to make history real, to make it come alive. As all…


Ministers pressed to underwrite Highland air links with London

Ministers pressed to underwrite Highland air links with London

PRESSURE is building for politicians north and south of the border to introduce sanctions to safeguard air links between the Highlands and London.


'Nobody was going to stand in our way'

'Nobody was going to stand in our way'

RAT-a-tat-tat came the crack of guns.


Photo finish needed to decide winner

Photo finish needed to decide winner

A STRONG wind greeted the sailors of Wick Model Yacht Club when they took to the waters of Sarclet Loch on May 18.


Pupils cash in Kits for Kids vouchers

Pupils cash in Kits for Kids vouchers

PULTENEYTOWN Academy has collected almost 30,000 Kits for Kids vouchers through a national newspaper appeal.


Relief as Keiss is ruled out for power plant site

Relief as Keiss is ruled out for power plant site

RESIDENTS in Keiss have welcomed confirmation that the village is no longer being looked at as a potential site for a new electricity switching station.


Robbie calls time on council service

Robbie calls time on council service

Mr Mackintosh (66), of Willowbank, Wick, joined the council from the army, where he served as a sergeant major.


St Fergus final is a one-sided affair

St Fergus final is a one-sided affair

BOWLERS from the St Fergus, Rosebank and Lybster clubs competed for the Macdonald and Allan Shield on May 25.


Thurso golf round-up

Thurso golf round-up

ONLY the brave or foolhardy played at Thurso Golf Club in the sixth round of the Newsbeat Summer League.


Vicki set to be Canisbay Show queen

Vicki set to be Canisbay Show queen

This year’s Canisbay Show queen Vicki Dunnet (centre), along with her attendants, fellow Canisbay school pupils Erin MacGregor (left) and Erin Miller.…


Your Caithness

Your Caithness

The sunset over Thurso on May 27 captured by Isobel Miller of Queens Terrace, Thurso.


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