Two Sutherland groups have shared a £1000 bonus to help local families in need.
THE Screen Machine mobile cinema will be back at Sutherland communities next week.
RAIL passengers at six Sutherland request stops will no longer have to wave for the driver to stop once new kiosks become operational next summer.
THE Highlands' countryside rangers will be hosting a 6km circular walk around Invernaver and Torrisdale Bay next month to "blow away festive cobwebs".
East Sutherland Camera Club chairman John Alderson has stood down after more than 10 years.
OLDER people in Sutherland feeling lonely or isolated have been urged to call Age Scotland's free friendship line.
A DISTRIBUTION and haulage firm with a presence in Sutherland is celebrating a boom in growth in the past year.
COVID has sparked the cancellation of several sailings of the Ullapool-Stornoway ferry today (Monday), CalMac has confirmed.
Police staff working Christmas Day have spoken about how they'll be keeping people safe during December 25 and beyond.
FESTIVE gift recipients and revellers in Sutherland are being urged to make the most of recycling and help cut waste this Christmas.
A SNOW warning extending into Christmas Eve has been issued for parts of the Highlands.
CHRISTMAS Eve travellers heading between Ullapool and Lewis have been warned they face possible disruption.
'REAL terms' cuts to core funding for councils have calls for a "better financial settlement next year".
A HIGHLAND MSP has welcomed news that more than £6.4 million has been allocated to help Highland Council recruit additional teachers.
ANYONE who has had their electric bike stolen is being urged to contact police after one was found abandoned in the Golspie area.
A NEW institute for public interest journalism is at the heart of recommendations aimed at "safeguarding the future of news gathering in Scotland".
COUNCIL rangers visited busy car parks and beauty spots in Caithness and the wider Highlands more than 10,000 this summer, Highland Council has said.
A FALL in crime in the Highlands has been hailed but the region's top cop warns it is too soon to know the long-term effects of Covid on the data.
A FURTHER 185 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded across the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.
A "SIGNIFICANT" surge in Covid cases across NHS Highland is "concerning", health chiefs have warned.