SIR – The Caithness International Science Festival has been running science events for 10 years. To celebrate, festival organiser Science O3 is launching…
A large cat may have been responsible for attacks on livestock in Sutherland.
IT is rare for three artists in different disciplines to come together to capture a moment in time.
AROUND 20 staff will lose their jobs on Tuesday, June 14, when Haldanes supermarket in Wick shuts up shop.
WICK High can offer its pupils a bright future, according to its rector. Thomas McIntyre said the school is not going through a crisis, despite claims…
A NEW dental clinic due to open at Dunbar Hospital in Thurso shortly should cater for around 6000 patients.
THE new multi-million-pound engineering centre at North Highland College UHI in Thurso has reached a milestone.
THE iconic John O’Groats House Hotel will be turned into a “visual spectacular” this summer as the area’s long-awaited new dawn finally nears the horizon.…
SOME years ago I attended a meeting in London. The venue was the 20th floor of a multistorey office block. As I waited for business to commence one…
A LOCAL councillor has called for a “really hard line” to be taken against people who drop litter and don’t clean up after their dogs.
THE final sailing day of Wick Model Yacht Club’s short season was one of the most exciting of this year.
THURSDAY heralded a welcome improvement in the weather for the eighth round of the Newsbeat Summer League at Thurso.
WORLD-record-breaking distance running star Haile Gebrselassie has personally invited a local athlete to take part in an elite Ethiopian race next year.…
CAITHNESS mums-to-be will not be affected by changes being tested at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
COMPETITORS in this year’s Caithness Music Festival continued to wow judges as the event approaches its climax. Adjudicators were astonished and delighted…
A NEW Thurso father has hit out after his mother had to spend five-and-half hours in a hospital waiting room while his girlfriend prepared to give birth.…
SIR – The article entitled “No leukaemia cluster... that’s just not true!” by Corrina Thomson in last week’s John O’Groat Journal leaves the reader with…
A VOUCHER towards dinner at one of the most renowned restaurants in the North is on offer in a prize square fundraiser currently being run by North of…
‘IT was a day he would have loved to be part of,” said the sister of a talented footballer who lost his life three years ago. Hundreds of participants…
ALL the fun of the fayre was to be had at Scrabster at the weekend as locals turned out to raise funds to support workers in the fishing industry.