More Covid cases were detected across NHS Highland in January than were spotted in the entire pandemic up to mid December.
HIGHLANDERS are gearing up for yet more snowfalls this week – with no fewer than three yellow warnings issued for parts of the region.
CONTROVERSIAL plans for new homes right on the seafront in Cromarty have been thrown out by Highland councillors.
A SPATE of mountain rescues has prompted a police plea for hill walkers and beauty spot visitors to prepare for the weather and stick to Covid rules.
MORE than half a million Scots have now received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
ANOTHER 43 positive tests for the coronavirus have been recorded by NHS Highland.
A DEADLY railway level crossing that has claimed several lives will soon be no more, after councillors backed plans for a replacement bridge.
A FURTHER 45 positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded across the NHS health board area in the past day.
HIGHLANDERS are again bracing themselves for further heavy snow after another yellow Met Office warning became active.
ANOTHER 42 positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded across the NHS Highland health board region in the past 24 hours.
GRITTERS spread more than 100 tonnes of salt on the A9 north of Tore in little over 24 hours, the firm maintaining it stressed after ice complaints.
A FURTHER 33 new positive tests for Covid-19 have been recorded across the NHS Highland area.
COUNCIL house tenants hit by worsening finances amid the Covid-19 pandemic are being pointed towards a new resource detailing what help is available.
A FURTHER 14 new coronavirus infections were recorded across the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours.
POLICE have urged motorists to take added care after “hazardous road conditions” sparked “a number” of collisions.
NHS Highland has recorded a further 46 positive tests for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
THE A9 has reopened in southern Sutherland but "traffic remains slow" following an earlier one vehicle crash near Clashmore
MOTORISTS have been urged to take extra care on the region’s roads following “a number” of Highland crashes and hazardous conditions in Sutherland.
THE A9 was closed in both directions in southern Sutherland following a one-vehicle crash this morning.
EIGHT Covid patients in the NHS Highland area are now in intensive care – the highest local number of the entire pandemic.