A HASTER woman has vowed to meet the Highland Council’s social work department with “all guns blazing” in the future after mistakes were made with her…
A CARAVAN at Keiss containing weather-monitoring equipment had its roof ripped off in “horrendous” hurricane-strength winds which battered Caithness over…
THE company which hopes to relaunch a controversial heating scheme in Wick next year is confident it will work.
A THURSO woman has praised the local community for backing a national campaign to improve a children’s respite home.
ARE you a Tea na Bowla fae Booragtoon? If you’re not one of the handful of people left in the county who is fluent in the Caithness dialect, then it may…
CLACHNACUDDIN 1 - 2 WICK ACADEMY Scorers – Clach: Dougal (79). Wick Academy: Shearer (87), Cunningham (89). SCOTLAND took a battering from extreme…
I’M on strike today! Like millions of other public-sector workers whose pensions are under threat I feel compelled to take industrial action. It’s not…
PROBLEMS with the heating system at Caithness General Hospital in Wick have closed the Queen Elizabeth Rehabilitation Unit . The ward was closed at…
A SCRABSTER restaurant has come out on top for serving sustainable fish on its menu. The Captain’s Galley has been ranked as the best restaurant in the…
AN assurance has been given to local MSP Rob Gibson over the future of the Dunbar Hospital in Thurso. Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon told the…
A ROCK night at Skinandi’s nightclub in Thurso on Saturday helped raise money for men’s health charities. The event was staged by two rival teams taking…
THE Thurso lifeboat crew was today called out to pick up an unmanned dinghy which had drifted into the Pentland Firth.
A BLAST of winter weather hit Caithness over the weekend with high winds affecting much of the county overnight on Saturday.
A SHERIFF has told a Thurso man he will end up in prison if he continues to offend. The warning was made on Friday to 47-year-old Campbell Freeman who…
WORK is under way to bury the radioactive remains of Britain’s pioneering experiment with fast reactors at Dounreay. Construction started on Friday…
A NEW high-speed communications network is being expanded to Wick, it has been announced. BT broadband services in the town will be upgraded to introduce…
WICK is to be visited by Jenny Brown who is one of Scotland’s leading literary agents. She will be giving a talk entitled “Writers in the driving seat?…
WINDS are expected to reach up to 80 mph tonight as forecasters have advised people in the Far North to be prepared for severe weather conditions. The…
Wick Academy secured their third win in four matches as a dramatic finish saw the visitors score twice in the final minutes to steal all three points…
Wick Academy secured their third win in four matches as a dramatic finish saw the visitors score twice in the final minutes to steal all three points…