Environment

Mystery surrounds a gold ring found in a kindling bag at Dunnet Community Forest (DCF) and how it got there.

Calls are being made for Highland Council to scrap the plan after the results of the economic impact assessment.

Sutherland MSP Maree Todd convened the stakeholders’ meeting on April 22.

NorthLink Ferries has become the first ferry operator to achieve Gold standard in an environmental awards programme.

More than £5000 has been raised towards a new bridge on the John O’Groats Trail after a mystery donor pledged to match funds donated by the public.

Wind turbine blades longer than the Wembley Stadium pitch have begun to be put in place as part of an offshore wind farm off the Caithness coast.

Two Highland scenic locations were listed among the most Instagrammable tourist destination in the country according to a new survey.

Holyrood Notebook by Ariane Burgess

A mystery donor is helping to build bridges in Sutherland after pledging thousands of pounds to a far north trail group.

Earth Day falls annually on April 22 and was first held in 1970.

People are being encouraged to take an hour this month now the weather is turning warmer, to build a ‘bee hotel’ for Scotland’s solitary bees.

The John Muir Trust has welcomed an announcement that the Scottish Government will hold a public consultation on a carbon land tax.

Police have closed their investigation of a possible human bone found on Dunnet beach after it was established to be around 1500 years old.

Orbex said it had raised £16.7 million from a “group of six significant investors in an update to its Series C funding round”.

Trees for Life says it is ‘hugely worrying and a move in the wrong direction’ while Oxfam Scotland call it ‘an acute global embarrassment’.

Clarity is urgently needed over the ban on wood burning stoves, a Highland MSP has warned after being inundated with concerns from confused residents.

Trees for Life says it is ‘hugely worrying and a move in the wrong direction’ while Oxfam Scotland call it ‘an acute global embarrassment’.

Sewage was dumped in the Highland area almost 1500 times last year – a figure described as "disgusting" by far north MP Jamie Stone.

John Davidson enjoys a morning stroll up the riverside path from Wick, where he finds peaceful paths and a wildlife spotting platform

Some £320 million of power network infrastructure projects in the north of Scotland have been thrown open to tender amid massive expansion plans.