Ten new countryside rangers will be taken on to help deal with potential problems at tourist hotspots in the Highlands this summer.
Following a week when the Reay golf course had been closed due to snow and frost, the contrast could not have been greater last weekend.
A lay-by near Thurso on the A9 has accumulated rubbish, some appearing to be years old, despite a Highland Council bin sitting at the site.
JUST two new cases of Covid-19 were detected across the whole NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.
A VERY high wildfire risk warning has been issued for parts of the Highlands.
A children's charity has a free virtual programme to help kids learn about their right to be safe from abuse and neglect.
Over a quarter of households in the UK never use their landline for phone calls with more than a third only having one to get broadband.
Female Highland politicians and campaign groups supported a call to action to tackle online abuse on women in politics.
A Reay primary school pupil has raised over £800 for Befriending Caithness by taking part in the Captain Tom 100 charity challenge.
Caithness campaigners have given a qualified welcome to a pledge by the Scottish Conservatives to create a £200m pothole repair fund if elected.
Labour's Marion Donaldson is keen to find out more about her connection to Donald Carmichael, who had a key role in establishing the Dounreay site.
Molly Nolan is calling on the next Scottish Government to launch an "electric car revolution" by helping motorists to make the switch.
A Wick man who threatened to kill a police officer by "smashing his face in" with his bare hands has been given a chance to turn his life around.
The ex-Greens MSP says the country needs less party politics and more power devolved to local areas
The withdrawal of the six English clubs from the proposed European Super League is "a small victory in a big battle to save football."
The chairman of a north Highland walking route thanks all those who helped its fundraising appeal that surpassed its initial goal of £5000
THREE more Covid cases have been detected across the NHS Highland region.
Conservative candidate Struan Mackie accused the SNP of being "too obsessed with the central belt" as he hailed his party's rural manifesto pledges.
A plan to help the over 75's pay their television licence would benefit over 7700 people in north says Labour candidate, Marion Donaldson.
An appeal has gone out for information about a missing man whose family haven't seen him for seven months but who believe he may be in the Highlands.