Highland Councillor Karl Rosie is to draft what Alex Salmond says is a 'call to arms' as they highlight significant regional issues.
The cash is the so-called Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme to create a site to build turbines.
3380 bins for its for the revamped waste and recycling collections had ‘minor problems' but service is not affected.
The new delivery plan is to 'underpins' the budget but critics are at a loss to say what the 'murky' budget accounts for.
MCR Pathways' Mike Evans says 'that one sense of stability' will be 'literally ripped away' from hundreds of vulnerable young people.
Fundraiser Tracy Gill says Ladies Lunch events are 'so popular we wanted to bring one to the Highlands.'
Motorists advised of closures across large parts of the city today,
Hundreds more admit personal relationships at the local authority have made them feel 'uncomfortable.'
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt called it a 'budget for long term growth' with a boost for the drinks sector and a blow for oil and gas.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt called it a 'budget for long term growth' with a boost for the drinks sector and a blow for oil and gas.
The Labour MSP says 'local benefit from these developments has not improved and communities are losing out.'
Unison has 'grave concerns' about violence in schools and the EIS has lashed out at proposals to cut 70 principal teachers.
The agreed proposals are branded 'nebulous, vague, hazy, obscure, indistinct, unclear, indefinite, murky, blurred, formless and featureless.'
Council leader Raymond Bremner says it 'allows for significant investment to take place and protect jobs across our communities.'
The group wants £30 million for roads over three years and £20 million to end the decades-long wait for a new St Clements special school.
They say the budget has 'no real substance' and question if it 'will in fact cover the financial gap.'
The MSP warns that 'it is practically impossible' for Highland homes to meet proposed energy performance standard.
The EIS found staff 'have sustained physical injuries' while many considered leaving the profession altogether.
From taxes to roads to fees, we take you through some of the main points of the £602 million budget.
Raymond Bremner says an extra £60 million would go ‘some way towards us being able to invest in important capital projects.’