A FIVE-figure grant has been awarded to Ullapool Book Festival in the latest round of cash awards issued by Creative Scotland.
A steward at Belladrum music festival sold drugs to fund his own habit.
A man who attended a local lap-dancing club punched a door steward who was ejecting him.
A PLAY area is set to boast a new multi-unit tower for local children to enjoy after councillors agreed to use £15,000 to help pay for it.
A MOTORIST has been fined and banned from driving for three months after he was caught doing 116mph on the A9.
An accused is to stand trial charged with trying to kill a man – including hitting him on the head with a microwave oven.
A SHERIFF was shocked at the "appalling" record of road traffic offences when a 37-year-old Wester Ross man appeared from custody today.
The hearing was in connection with a break-in at the Co-op in Telford Street and the pair made no pleas to the charges.
Man admitted to four charges after police detained him at Raigmore Hospital.
A man told social workers he was being “stupid” after an alcohol and drug fuelled tirade towards police.
A NEW institute for public interest journalism is at the heart of recommendations aimed at "safeguarding the future of news gathering in Scotland".
KIND-hearted residents are being urged to help ensure families across Easter Ross don’t go hungry this festive season.
Charity nets £40 for each goal scored.
A FISHERMAN who suffers from a health condition took cannabis to help alleviate his symptoms.
A Dingwall man who was involved in two disturbances and threatened police was jailed for a total of six months at Inverness Sheriff Court.
A supermarket worker who sexually assaulted two teenage girls after befriending them on Snapchat has avoided a jail sentence.
A man who wasted police time by falsely claiming to have murdered a man has had his sentence deferred again at Inverness Sheriff Court.
The village of Durness has a memorial garden to Lennon featuring stones engraved with In My Life lyrics.
A 69-year-old man was placed under 18 months social work supervision after admitting threatening behaviour with an axe towards two teenage boys.
Three families were attacked by two small dogs who had been let loose without supervision.
