A THURSO bar owner is keeping a long-standing family connection alive with his latest business venture. Scott Youngson, who runs the Comm, has bought…
THE future of a Caithness cheese factory looks uncertain after the premises were completely destroyed by fire. The blaze swept through Sandy and Sandra…
HALKIRK UNITED 3 - 0 MUIR OF ORD ROVERS THE Halkirk bandwagon just keeps on rolling. They clinched their place in a second North Caley cup final on…
PALLIATIVE care looks set to be top of the agenda when the fate of health services in west Caithness is decided next month.
PRIME Minister David Cameron has praised workers at Dounreay for going beyond the call of duty to protect themselves and the environment from harm.
ON completion of the fourth round of the Caithness Small-bore Rifle Association’s postal winter league programme, Watten “A” remain frontrunners in division…
EXTREME overnight winds have caused damage and delays around Caithness. Trees were knocked down, sheds were damaged and lampposts bent after high winds…
NORTHERN Constabulary is advising the public in Caithness not to travel. It is anticipated that high winds will bring widespread icy conditions and snow…
TRAIN services between Inverness and Wick have been suspended since 10.30am due to running water on the line at Ardgay. A First ScotRail spokeswoman said…
NORTHERN Constabulary is warning drivers in Caithness to take care on the roads as gusts are expected to reach nearly 90 mph tonight.
WICK RNLI lifeboat the 'Roy Barker II' was tasked by Aberdeen coastguard to go to the aid of local fishing boat 'Celtic Lady' on Monday. The vessel,…
A LOCAL family run cheese factory was ravaged by fire on Tuesday night. No-one was hurt but the Caithness Cheese Company building and its contents…
AN advice service which was facing a funding cut by £60,000 has seen demands for its services rise by 40 per cent this year.
THE first significant winter weather of the season has caused disruption to travellers across the Far North.
FIFTY-six entrants took part in the Wick and District Darts League’s annual singles competition, held this year in Harper’s in Back Bridge Street. Up…
A PETITION against proposed changes at the Dunbar Hospital has been delivered to Scotland’s health secretary and deputy first minister, Nicola Sturgeon. The…
HER modelling career has taken her all over the world and she has been pictured in some of the globe’s most glamorous locations.
AT a recent bothy night at Castlehill, I shared this story from my childhood in Indiana, given in my original dialect. If ye dinna ken the words, next…
CAITHNESS could get a jobs boost from a £4.5 billion project to create the world’s biggest offshore wind farm.
FAMILY, friends and colleagues – both past and present – gathered in the Norseman Hotel in Wick to celebrate the retirement of Mary Macleod.