Environment

The River Brora opened on February 1.

Far north MP Jamie Stone has lamented the “wasted potential” for nuclear development in Scotland with its potential to generate high-quality jobs.

Turbines rising to a height of 200 metres will be built close to the Flow Country World Heritage site if plans for a new wind farm are approved.

Residents in Laid on the shores of Loch Eriboll have contacted First Minister John Swinney and other politicians about the North Coast 500.

A Highland MSP has reaffirmed her support for a tax to be imposed on motorhome visitors to the area.

The 13-turbine Pollie Hill Wind Farm would be sited in a “failed” commercial lodgepole pine plantation.

The new project is supported by the Highland Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.

Maree Todd said Golspie had a ‘stunning’ beach but access was not suitable for people of all abilities

“No farmers, no food” was the stark message as more than 50 tractors descended on John O’Groats in a protest against UK government taxation plans.

Jamie Stone has urged the UK government to recognise the impact its planned inheritance tax changes will have on rural communities and think again.

New figures show that the 147-mile John O’Groats Trail is thought to have boosted the local economy of the north Highlands by some £900,000 in 2024.

Letter writer Jonathan Hampton says the Scottish Government has gone against local democracy to approve the Strath Oykel wind farm.

Night-time tree felling works will cause disruption on the A9 for almost two weeks.

Forestry and Land Scotland has hit a milestone of setting 10,000 hectares of peatland through ‘re-wetting’ sites across Scotland.

Making Space for Nature by Imogen Furlong

Researchers have been studying the underwater life of Loch Eriboll.

Ms Burgess said it was ‘disheartening’ that the new funding award had not led to a rethink on the mothballed the Sutherland Spaceport project.

A new report is highlighting “significant employment opportunities” for the Highlands arising from a flagship pumped storage hydro project.

Orbex is at the centre of a row over the mothballing of Sutherland Spaceport.

Sciberscross is one of the most productive commercial conifer forests to come to the market in the north of Scotland.