Politics

Audit Scotland warns ‘it's getting harder for councils to do more with less’ but local authorities could be more transparent.

Over 350 of the Highlands’ business leaders attended the event at the Drumossie Hotel.

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack confirmed that the UK government is planning a nuclear site north of the border.

Alex Salmond says he is ‘delighted’ someone of his business experience is ‘carrying the Alba Party standard in the Highlands at the General Election.’

MSP Emma Roddick has highlighted the need to make sure existing homes are being used as houses, and that people can afford rents and mortgages.

Asked if he would go as far as Humza Yousaf in putting pen to paper, the First Minister said ‘yes, of course’.

A Highland MSP has called for collective action and shared responsibility to address Scotland’s escalating housing emergency.

MSP Rhoda Grant stated that the A9 road “north of Inverness must not be forgotten”, as she calls for more safety work to be carried out.

MSP Màiri McAllan believes the new facility at Port of Nigg has the potential to create hundreds of jobs

A multi-million pound artwork’s sale is a step nearer after councillors in Easter Ross agreed to the move.

‘We were all shocked and saddened by Alasdair’s passing’.

First Minister John Swinney says the loan of Scottish and UK public money ‘demonstrates the huge confidence in this new facility.’

The names of those who have thrown their hats in the ring have been confirmed.

Labour have announced their General Election candidate for the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency.

She is now surely the most influential political voice to emerge from the Highlands in a generation. But just who is Kate Forbes?

Kate Forbes has been appointed Deputy First Minister by John Swinney, it has been announced.

John Swinney has been crowned the new leader of the SNP after winning the support of potential contender, Highland MSP Kate Forbes.

Failure to bring back a late night train linking Inverness with Ross-shire communities is having an “affect on the city’s night-time economy”.

‘Good riddance to the Greens’ says Lynsey Ward in a letter to the editor.

Lib Dem candidate David Green says he is not hopeful the government will fix ‘its broken relationship with rural Scotland.’