Kate Forbes is a favourite to succeed him after Douglas Ross demanded he step down.
The First Minister made numerous visits to the region to reach out to locals after the Sturgeon years.
The Conservative and Labour leaders are spearheading efforts to topple the First Minister who vowed to ‘fight on’.
Calls are being made for Highland Council to scrap the plan after the results of the economic impact assessment.
Pressure was mounting on the First Minister to ditch his coalition partners from backbench MSPs like Fergus Ewing and Kate Forbes.
The event is only for SNP members and will see the former First Minister in conversation with the MP.
The council claims it will save £310,000 with the new structure which aims to strengthen strategic and operational delivery.
The local authority claims she would be leaving the role after just under three years ‘to pursue other interests’.
David Green aims to replace the SNP’s Maree Todd in Caithness, Sutherland and Ross after a close-run contest in 2021
Trees for Life says it is ‘hugely worrying and a move in the wrong direction’ while Oxfam Scotland call it ‘an acute global embarrassment’.
Trees for Life says it is ‘hugely worrying and a move in the wrong direction’ while Oxfam Scotland call it ‘an acute global embarrassment’.
Politicians must now get permission from the education boss to visit schools which they say impedes their ‘ability to represent our constituents’
Top officials say that councillors, MSPs and MPS must get permission from education bosses before visiting schools.
The alarm was raised by a councillor concerned mourners could be taken in by fraud.
The family at the centre of the allegations now just wants to ‘move on with our lives’ but are satisfied their daughter has been ‘vindicated.’
On a visit to Dingwall he said ‘I've certainly not seen any evidence of that in the last 50 hours. I've seen quite the opposite.’
He was backed by Struan Mackie who accuses the council of ‘creating a culture of fear and intimidation.’
MSP Fergus Ewing worries that could ‘threaten the availability of safe provision of other acute services such as trauma.’
The Greens MSP says 'centuries of land management practices have taken their toll, leading to a decline in wildlife and natural habitats.'
The council refuses to say what 'approve leave' is or why the top official does not appear to have been at work since at least February 21.