The low winter sun yesterday morning proved ideal conditions for those at the right latitude to see a rare cloud type.
Police were called to an Alness supermarket after a customer who had previously been banned entered the store and refused to leave.
A Christmas Day row marked the beginning of the end of a relationship between a 35-year-old man and his partner.
A woman was assaulted despite a man being banned from approaching or contacting her, by a court order.
The messages were mostly sent to the Dingwall woman via social media.
A Muir of Ord man who was spotted by police speeding as he passed the officers dealing with another incident, was pursued.
An Easter Ross man who downloaded indecent photographs and videos of children being abused will be sentenced in January.
A Ross-shire man who smashed his sister's car while under the influence of valium tablets learned his fate.
A Spanish lorry driver who crashed head-on into a bus injuring its driver has been fined £840 and banned from driving in the UK for a year.
A father of two mistakenly thought his partner was having an affair when he discovered a message to her from another man, a court heard.
Police received a report in Alness of an elderly lady in her pyjamas walking towards Morrisons.
He faced a charge of attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon.
Owen Grant made no plea to the murder charge before being led out under a blanket by three guards.
A health industry executive from Muir of Ord who hit 115mph on a major Highland route landed a hefty fine and ban.
Two men have appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court for a second time charged with the murder of a 36-year-old local man.
Police officers were threatened with violence when they asked a Dingwall man to turn down his music. A sheriff took a dim view of his behaviour.
Cromarty Firth Cllr Maxine Smith is accused of faking disabled parking blue badges so drivers of tour buses owned by her could use restricted spaces.
A man has been charged following a two-vehicle crash on the A9's Tain bypass.
A Ross-shire chef will be sentenced next month after admitting downloading a total of 685 indecent images of children.
A teenager has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court accused of attempting to murder a police officer in Easter Ross.