After months of e-mail negotiations local weaver and texture artist Joanne Kaar was delighted to tell www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk this week that a design…
FIERCE weather sweeping the far north caused Wick Academy's home fixture against Deveronvale to be cancelled today.
POLICE are warning of the “severe consequences” of taking legal highs after a large quantity were stolen last weekend.
Wick Harbour was left counting the cost of damage caused by gale force winds which battered the east coast of Caithness in the early hours of Saturday…
SEVEN students from a Caithness martial arts club have been awarded 1st degree black belts. Among the KSD Martial Arts students is its youngest black…
HIGHLAND Council’s chairman of transport, environmental and community services committee has given assurance that winter gritting will continue…
RMT union members are striking over proposed cuts to staffing levels on the route between Caithness and Orkney by MV Hamnavoe operator Serco Northlink.…
THE trial of a Frenchman accused of causing the death of Caithness science teacher resumed earlier today at the High Court in Inverness.
FERRY crossings between Gills Bay and Orkney have been cancelled tonight (Friday) due to expected high winds and heavy rain.
WHEN the going gets tough, the tough get going.
A HIGHLAND Council blunder has dashed initial hopes of festive revellers partying until 4am over Christmas.
CAITHNESS Car Club drivers have picked up a number of national awards in this year’s Guyson Scottish Sprint and Hillclimb Championship.
A YOUNG Caithness squash player will be playing for the under-20 Scotland team for the first time in a major tournament in Edinburgh this weekend.
TACKLING climate change and developing renewable energy are two sides of the same coin.
STAFF at the Icetech freezer firm in Castletown have been put on a three-day week.
PRIMARY seven pupils of Thurso’s Mount Pleasant School handed over charity cheques from a horticultural enterprise they completed before the summer.…
A lorry believed to be carrying 20 tonnes of gas in cylinders came off the Thurso to Durran road at Hilliclay Mains on Monday. It is believed the driver…
THE tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is the theme for this year’s panto by the Thurso Players.
Prizewinners from the Wick Marrellian Majorettes’ annual inter-school competition with their awards. The overall winner was Hollie Miller, who is…
NORTH Highland Harrier Lorna Stanger, Thurso, was the only Caithness runner taking part in the annual Turkey Trot – a 10-mile road race at Lossiemouth…