A DUTCH couple have been ordered to rethink their controversial plan to turn the former Highland Council office buildings in Golspie’s Main Street into…
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AN E.MAIL leaked to the Northern Times this week reveals that the company reviewing school provision is investigating the idea of a single campus, based…
THE fifth and final year of excavation has just started at the site of the oldest salt works on Brora’s Back Shore, dating back to 1598.
Veteran Sutherland councillor Ian Ross’s announcement that he is to stand down next year has been greeted with surprise and disappointment by fellow councillors.…
A rail safety organisation is calling for action to improve the safety of four out of six open level crossings in Sutherland.
East Sutherland and Edderton ward councillor Ian Ross has announced that he will not be standing in next year’s local authority elections. Mr Ross, who…
Durness Highland Games, held at the village’s Shore Park last weekend, was a record breaking one. For the first time in five years a record was smashed…
A Dutch couple who were planning to convert a former office building on Golspie's Main Street into seven flats have been firmly ordered to go back to…
Pilots of light aircraft from across Scotland headed to Dornoch at the weekend to take part in the annual "fly-in" held by the Highland branch of the…
The remote community of Assynt, in North West Sutherland, is embarking on an ambitious project in the hope of revealing the secrets of people who lived…
A brother and sister from Contin took the top honours yesterday (Sunday) at Golspie's car banger derby - one of the most popular Gala Week events. Martin…
When Leigh Sedgley first visited Assynt in the north west corner of Scotland she vowed that one day she would live there. Thirty years later she achieved…
A COURTYARD area at the new Migdale hospital is to be transformed into a Japanese style garden for the enjoyment of patients, courtesy of the Friends…
LOCHINVER lifeboat station was presented with a cheque for £500 by Gordon Stone on behalf of Total Oil’s Alwyn North Charities Committee. Mr Stone handed…
Bus passengers on the Far North line can no longer complain about the lack of toilets on the buses. Stagecoach has just invested £1.5 million on six new…
BETTYHILL Angling Club has honoured a veteran angler who landed a record-breaking fish in club waters last year. Hugh Scally of Dalmellington, has just…
AN UNPOPULAR plan to convert the former Highland Council offices on Golspie’s Main Street into seven flats which would lead to the loss of public car…
HMS Sutherland, the warship associated with the county, has already been in action, only hours after arriving in waters off the Libyan coast on Monday.…
Anyone who come across any carcasses of whales on local beaches have been asked to get in touch with Highland Council. Officials believe carcasses could…