A MAJOR international military exercise is to be held off the coasts of Sutherland and Ross-shire, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
Neither Sutherland – or Highland as the council area – get name checked among areas facing an amber weather warning on new Traffic Scotland webpage.
The Met Office has also upgraded rain warnings for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross-shire to amber; after issuing a revised red alert in the Grampians.
The council said its roads department is preparing itself to respond to flooding incidents when the storm hits.
A separate yellow warning for rain elsewhere in northern Scotland has also been extended and now covers a large swathe of the Highlands and Moray.
Brace for flooding when Storm Babet hits the Highlands later this week, residents have been warned.
Unison has announced plans for a "rolling series of strikes", with specific dates set to be announced "in the coming days".
Two rain warnings have been issued for parts of the Highlands, with a third alert – for gales – covering virtually all of northern Scotland.
Strikes affecting University of the Highlands and Islands sites will go ahead as planned tomorrow, a union has confirmed.
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a tractor damaged a car near Ardgay.
WORK to boost inclusion through the teaching of British Sign Language has earned a Highland organisation a top prize in a prestigious UK competition.
Lochinver's George Appleby was among half-a-dozen youngsters whose poems won commendations from across the Highland Council area.
The plea has gone out to Highland residents who have CPR knowledge.
SOARING sea water temperatures are causing "deep concern" a Highland salmon farm business has warned.
A trio of meteor showers will be making their presence felt in October – with the Orionids of Halley's Comet fame being one of the three.
The ageing Rose Street multi-storey car park could be demolished and replaced, it has emerged.
The strikes are in response to plans to cut £4 million from the UHI's budget and make dozens of staff redundant.
Suilven and Fionn Loch starred as the show reached its climax, with Suilven doubling up as the location of statues to a major piece of Star Wars lore.
Jago Ashwell (74) is known to have travelled by train from Inverness to Caithness on Monday.
The Communication Workers' Union's Highland chair issued the warning after an MP highlighted NHS patients who'd missed appointments due to late mail.