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Makar is the old Scots word for quality and excellence. We have a national poetry makar, Liz Lochhead, who was appointed after the death of Scotland’s…
Such was the case on June 4 when observers all over Britain, with the exception of Shetland, were unable to witness the transit of our sister planet Venus…
MINOR subsidence is being investigated on one of the busiest roads in Wick.
A NORTH MSP has highlighted the importance of the whisky industry and the opportunities arising from walking holidays to the economies of the Highlands…
THE leader of the Highland Council has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that the duelling of the A9 from Inverness to Perth is to…
RESURFACING work is to be carried out on a stretch of the A9 between Latheron and Thurso starting next week.
THE number of people relying on employment from Dounreay has decreased over the last six years, according to new findings.
Keiss FC have received new rain jackets from the Sinclair Bay Hotel.
GOLFING experiences don’t come a lot better than Durness on a fine day and that is what Caithness and Sutherland Seniors’ Golf Society got…
RICHARD Thain was in tiptop form last Saturday as he had to use all his powers to overcome a very strong field to lift the first prize of £100 in…
THE first ever Wick and District Summer Pool League got under way with Blackstairs "1" and Camps "2" scoring impressive 8-2 victories.
The teenager, originally from Thurso but now living in Cardiff, has been hailed as one of the country’s biggest break-dancing talents, performing…
ASKING councils across Scotland to identify areas that are suitable for wind-farm development is being blasted as an open invitation to cover Caithness…
It has been split between the accident and emergency department at Caithness General Hospital and Race for Life – Cancer Research UK.
A LEARNER driver was over the legal drinks limit when he smashed his friend’s car into a wall, leaving him dead in the wreckage.
A TEAM of cyclists finished on a high after completing the Land’s End to John O’Groats challenge to raise money for bipolar disorder.
IN Caithness, after a strong start to the year house sales flattened somewhat but revived again about a month ago. In the last two weeks we have had acceptable…
A MEMBER of the Highland and Islands Fire Board has claimed he would have been branded a "troublemaker" had he repeatedly quizzed senior officers about…
AMERICANS did not invent bootstrapping or big ideas from little spaces or even universal pursuit of happiness, but they flourish here.
The local authority is poised to carry out another major consultation seeking people’s views on possible cash-saving measures as it sets out to…
