Part of the North Highland railway line was closed last night due to a landslide caused by flooding.
Coastguards carried a woman by stretcher from a Sutherland beach today after she fell on rocks and ambulance staff had to call for help.
Police in Wick are appealing for information regarding the theft of three sheep from a field in the Lybster area of Caithness.
A RESTAURANT worker who went into a man’s bed when he was asleep and performed a sexual act on him, was jailed for a year at Inverness Sheriff Court…
A Lairg man has been jailed today for three years for being concerned in the production of cannabis plants at a property in Golspie, which had a potential…
As a result of changes to legislation today, the “Right to Buy” your own council house scheme has ended for all tenants, a move which has…
Police Scotland is urging the public to be vigilant after skimming devices have been found on cash machines in Mallaig.
FOLLOWING a late snowfall and almost biblical proportions of rain over the last few months, many of Scotland’s grouse moor owners are concerned…
A PROPOSAL of application notice (PAN) for the development of an 18-hole golf course on Coul Links near Dornoch goes before the north area planning committee…
A FIRST-time winner of Royal Dornoch’s Carnegie Shield last season, ex Forres internationalist Bryan Fotheringham followed up last Saturday in a…
As you drive through the county this summer, readers will have noticed that the usual silage bales stacked in fields and farmyards have taken on a colourful…
IF the committee of Sutherland Agricultural Society, and their hard-working group of volunteers, ever wondered if the effort that goes into organising…
The man who died in a road accident in Caithness yesterday has been named.
25 YEARS AGO
Police Scotland’s first national operation to tackle online child sexual abuse has resulted in the identification of more than 500 children, aged…
The Kildonan to Loth road (U2810) is to be improved thanks to funding from the Scotland Strategic Timber Transport Fund.
THE case against a Sutherland carer accused of mistreating a patient has been dropped.
With two major events taking place next week in the Black Isle and Kiltarlity areas, Police Scotland is advising motorists to plan ahead.
Police in Caithness are advising drivers that the A99 is currently closed between Wester and Keiss following a serious road traffic collision involving…