SNOW and ice warnings have been issued for the whole of the Highlands – amid forecasts for wintry weather overnight and on into Friday.
Gail Ross has urged everyone to play their part in observing lockdown rules as Scotland faces the "desperate reality" of a rapid rise in Covid cases.
The fire station in Thurso is taking part in a trial to increase access to Covid testing in remote and rural areas.
Caithness Foodbank's Wick centre has benefited from the generosity of one young girl and a local union branch.
Thurso's Wolfburn distillery has beaten off stiff competition from across Scotland and Ireland to win a Brand of the Year 2020 title.
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A COURT heard how a Wick man scorned a final chance to co-operate with social workers by walking out of a meeting with one of them.
Parents have been sent a letter from the council providing an update regarding the reopening of schools and early learning and childcare settings.
Decision is set to be made on Wednesday night.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a new £4.6 billion package of measures to help businesses through the lockdown.
A SPIKE in Covid numbers across Highland Council in recent weeks saw the region's infection rate soar to record levels over Christmas and New Year.
The temperature may have been just above freezing but the sky was on fire this afternoon as the sun went down over Wick.
The council's road report for today in Caithness and other areas of the Highland region.
NO fewer than 450 positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded across the NHS Highland area over the long New Year weekend.
Wick residents are reminded that the riverside mobile post office service ends tomorrow and a new fixed-base facility will open the following day.
Plans to cut the number of Highland councillors by two have been described as "completely unacceptable" by a north MSP
Highland Council has removed a lock that had been barring one of the entrances to the old part of Wick cemetery.
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One Wick family had plenty to celebrate with the arrival of a New Year's Day baby.
A Caithness GP has expressed concern about the delay of Covid-19 vaccines being delivered to the county.