TWO Caithness councillors have backed a call for some of the £7 million underspend in the 2010/11 local authority budget to be used to target classroom…
A WICK council worker yesterday described a fire which engulfed his refuse truck as “one of the scariest moments of my life”. Hugh Duncan was speaking…
LOCALS are being asked to contribute to a memorial book being made in a fundraising tribute to a former North Highland College student who tragically…
THURSO bowling club enjoyed mixed success in the latest rounds of the Scottish District qualifiers.
THE public is being asked to lend its support to plans to re-establish a centre at Rumster. An open day is being held this weekend and members of the…
A HIGHLAND councillor is “absolutely sickened” that a new “flexible” passport interview service will not come to the Far North to replace the closing…
THE county’s lord-lieutenant, Anne Dunnett, has praised the work done by Caithness Chest and Heart Support Group.
SENIOR pupils at Thurso High have staged a series of fundraisers in tribute to teenage crash victim Connor Craigie.
A COMBINED team of Caithness Cricket Association and Orkney Cricket Club members – nicknamed OrCa – has made an impressive start to competition in the…
KIDS in Caithness are wowing the crowds by busting their moves on the dance floor.
WE have had a flurry of visitors and special occasions including a wedding dance, golden wedding anniversary, harbour day and two very special boat trips,…
TOP darters from all over the country converged on the Portland Arms Hotel in Lybster for the first ever Caithness Classic Darts Championship.
"I GOT my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime Played ’til my fingers bled It was summer of ’69.” Well, it was not so much the summer…
THE latest golf results from Wick Golf Club’s ladies’ section – Cancer Relief, Thursday, May 5: 1, D.
THE new man at the helm of Wick Academy is David Kirkwood. The decision was made on Monday night when the committee unveiled him as the man to lead the…
THE Caithness Music Festival got off to a tremendous start on Monday at Wick Assembly Rooms. Festival secretary Audrey MacKinnon, who has been a member…
NIGEL Lowe will be joining the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to take up the position as head of programme – DSRL, Dounreay, later this summer in Freswick…
British Heart Foundation Scotland needs 50 Heart Heroes in the Highlands and Islands to help raise funds to save lives in its 50th birthday year.
POLICE in the North have successfully targeted 20 organised crime groups in the past two years and criminals have been warned – "We will come after you."
WOMEN in Caithness are being urged to take up invitations for cervical screening tests as part of Cervical Screening Awareness Week which starts today…