A FAMILY have spoken of their disgust at finding their relative’s remote home in Caithness ransacked just days after he passed away.
I HAVE dwelt enough on flails, on small hand mills and the large high-speed drum mills I knew and worked with, but I must not overlook the crofter’s mill.…
LAST Saturday brought calm conditions and bright skies as the golfers of Reay teed up for the August Medal.
FROM this day forward, all grouse are well advised to keep their feet firmly planted in the heather. Any excursion aloft is likely to bring a blast…
THURSO Bowling Club’s hopes of a top-10 final spot were dashed when they were beaten 6-2 by Inverness Bowling Club last Sunday.
AN American truck, motorcycle outriders, police "arrests" and a huge sum of money – one couple from Caithness really know how to shake up the end-to-end…
SUMMER patching on our roads has produced the usual rash of 20 mph signs and chippings hitting our cars on many stretches.
A FAR North disability rights campaigner is taking a charity to task for opening an upper floor of its shop in Wick that is inaccessible for people with…
ALMOST £13,000 was stolen in three raids on premises in Caithness and North Sutherland, a jury at Wick Sheriff Court heard this week.
PLANS to close the inpatient ward at the Dunbar Hospital in Thurso and reduce the opening hours at the primary care emergency centre have been described…
A CAITHNESS crafter’s TV debut was such a success that she has been asked for an encore.
THE family of a Caithness teenager who tragically died after the car he was travelling in crashed are highlighting a new road safety campaign.
A PROPANE gas cylinder is on fire outside Thurso High School. Firefighters and police officers are dealing with the incident although few details are…
A NEW dental facility in Thurso should be open in September or October. That is the timescale which has been identified by NHS Highland for the £1.2 million…
THE post office in Castletown has been targeted in a distraction theft.
SWIFTS have lost their fight to stay in the county league division one. Despite a 3-1 win in Castletown on Wednesday evening, they finished bottom of…
A THURSO man appeared from custody at Wick Sheriff Court on Tuesday accused of trying to strike two police constables with an axe.
THREE plays by local writer Murray Watts are being staged this month at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
POLICE are currently in attendance at a two-vehicle road accident on the A9 at the Slochd between Aviemore and Inverness.
LOSSIEMOUTH 1-0 WICK ACADEMY Scorers – Lossiemouth: Archibald (71). WICK Academy manager Davie Kirkwood has been left scratching his head in wonderment…