ARMED police confronted a Wester Ross man carrying an AK47 after two lorry drivers reported fearing for their lives when approached by the gunman.
Highland residents are being encouraged to stay active to help their mental wellbeing while coronavirus lockdown restrictions remain across Scotland.
An Easter Ross man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court accused of two offences involving failure to comply with sex offender regulations.
Money raised goes towards Scottish Association of Mental Health
Inverness Sheriff Court was told this week that a bag containing more than 130g of heroin was found when the vehicle was searched.
A former busker is to stand trial on 25 charges.
A 43-year-old woman appeared in private from custody charged with the attempted murder of three men following a car crash in the the Highland capital.
A man who had regular rows with his neighbours in a Highland community has been fined.
The jailing of a Ross-shire man caught with indecent images of children smashes the myth that the internet provides a "hiding place" for abusers.
A FORMER Ross-shire motorist who drove on three occasions after taking cocaine was ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid community work.
A convicted sex offender wanted to buy a train ticket home but instead found his way back to prison.
A Ross-shire hotel worker who assaulted two sisters has been told to pay them £100 each in compensation and carry out a work order.
A ROSS man who was doing more than 100mph had been going for a drive to clear his head after the death of a close family member, a court has heard.
The passenger of a car stopped by police acting on a tip-off looked "nervous and agitated", a court heard this week.
A man who had vile images of babies and children being sexually abused claimed he had them to try and trap paedophiles – but later changed his story.
Firearms officers were called to a house in the Highland capital after a man barricaded himself in, a court heard as sentence was passed.
A TEEN was warned by a Sheriff he faced a long period of detention after he admitted taking three vehicles and attempting to drive a bus.
An Easter Ross man who targeted a vulnerable neighbour's house for a break-in over the festive period was branded 'despicable' by a sheriff.
A sheriff has told a nuisance caller he has lost patience - but praises social workers who want to keep working with her.
An Inverness hotel worker placed a hidden camera in a cubicle of the men's toilet to secretly film people using it.
