5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (600+ words) Children living in a Wester Ross community will help launch a new book about a seal this weekend — fittingly enough aboard a local boat. The Gaelic book An Ròn a Chaill a Shròn (The Seal who Lost his Nose) was…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (96+ words) A back road between Munlochy and Culbokie has been closed following a road traffic collision this morning. Police Scotland announced the closure shortly before 7.30am (Sunday, September 6). A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Due to a road traffic collision the unclassified road…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (157+ words) The Bealach na Ba will be operating under a “stop and go” system over a September weekend. The update comes, after it was previously thought that the major road into the village of Applecross would be shut for a full…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (745+ words) A Highland firefighter taking on the Loch Ness Marathon has decided to make things considerably harder for himself for a cause close to his heart. Lloyd Armstrong has run the marathon in the past, but this time, he is taking…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (351+ words) An old sea dog has joined a world-famous mural trail in Invergordon amidst celebration of a maritime-themed artwork’s 21st anniversary. Invergordon Off the Wall’s Art in the Gardens event marked the milestone moment for Volunteer Spirit, the head-turning 2005 mural that pays…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (327+ words) For the past few weeks, our television screens have been filled with images of devastating wildfires, not only in the Cairngorms but across Europe. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected, and with the brave firefighters and volunteers who…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (368+ words) The number of Highland patients receiving the full suite of care meant to follow a stroke has fallen far short of targets. Public Health Scotland’s 2025 Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme this week shows that just 57.4 per cent of the region’s stroke…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (451+ words) A Highland-based addiction charity is set to celebrate its 40th anniversary with an open day. ACI Recovery Services, based on Church Street, Inverness, is marking four decades of supporting those in addiction with a garden party on Tuesday, August 25. Taking place…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (316+ words) Contractors working on a major undersea power line are to “work with” the council to “understand the circumstances” behind a rockfall that blocked a key Ross-shire road. SSEN Transmission are currently working just 500 metres away from the rockfall site, on…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (172+ words) An embezzler who stole nearly £15,000 from a bowling club in Easter Ross will learn his fate next month. Thomas Horsfield (63) admitted to embezzling £14,500 from Ardross Alness Bowling Club when he appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday. Horsfield, of Ivanhoe…...