A&E patients are facing 'long waiting times' today at Raigmore Hospital, NHS Highland has warned.
Passengers have had to endure journeys of up to four-and-a-half hours without any on-board food-and-drink service.
The drivers, aged 18 to 56, were caught in Caithness, Easter and Wester Ross and the Black Isle
A three-day walkout of school staff across the Highlands later this month looks set to go ahead after UNISON rejected a revised pay offer.
SEVEN Highland schools were in the 100 best performing Scottish secondaries, when measured on the percentage of pupils securing five or more Highers.
Bear Scotland claims the work at the Struie road turn-off will be finished within days, weather permitting, after three weeks of inactivity.
A revised pay offer has been made to striking school staff just a fortnight before the next walkout, with a union set to meet tomorrow to discuss it.
THE failure of a bid to pause the introduction of short-term lets licensing legislation has been branded "disappointing" by a Highland MSP.
The chief inspector of prisons in Scotland issued the warning in her latest annual report.
DOZENS of motorcyclists were stopped by police during a weekend safety campaign on the North Coast 500.
A HIGHLAND MP has issued an urgent plea in Westminster for action to safeguard the roles of more than 100 trainee journalists.
Company seeks change of use to create flat, bothy, holiday pod and takeaway in and around old mill site in Tain.
Thunder and lightning could cause disruption in parts of the Highlands, amid forecasts that up to 40mm of rain could fall in just a few hours.
Highlands and Islands Green MSP Ariane Burgess has welcomed the support for groups that are working to create new affordable homes for locals.
The Scottish Ambulance Service said two ambulances, a trauma team, air ambulance and critical care paramedic attended the Port of Cromarty Firth.
SPEED bumps are an "absolute priority" that must be installed, Tain's MP has argued after a car crash on a housing estate last week.
CALLS have been made for a dashcam safety initiative to be rolled out to help keep motorists on the A9 and A96 safe.
Fire engines from Dornoch and Golspie helped to tackle the blaze at an industrial estate in Easter Ross.
Eyewitness claims to have heard an "explosion" at the time of the fire at Fearn's industrial estate. Engines from Invergordon and Dornoch are on site.
ScotRail has confirmed that the 9.46am Inverness-Elgin train, and 10.51am Elgin-Inverness service have both been cancelled as a result.