AN oil rig that left the Cromarty Firth in 2009 for a two-year exploration of oil reserves in the Falkland Islands has come back "home".
SCHOOLS, businesses and householders in Ross-shire are finding a global campaign a real turn-off - but in a good way!
A HIGHLAND family heirloom has provided an intriguing insight about a key part of the history of the second world war.
A 24-hour tea party hosted in a Ross-shire town next week will play its part in helping an adventurer row solo from New York to Stornoway.
ROSS-SHIRE residents are amongst those to have shed a cumulative 504 stone following two trailblazing six-week challenges.
ROSS County chiefs have issued a rallying cry to Staggies’ fans to turn out in force for this weekend’s top-of-the-table clash with Falkirk.
Whilst metal detecting on his family’s croft recently, Donald Matheson of Inverasdale, Wester Ross, came across some items which may hold the clue to…
A MAN posted missing from a Wester Ross community has been traced safe and well, police said on Sunday.
POLICE have appealed for information from the public about a 64-year-old Wester Ross man who hasn’t been in touch with family for more than a week.
THE Internet trading activities of almost 200 businesses across the UK are being probed by Highland Council's trading standards chiefs following a recently…
AN in-demand Ross-shire-based singer is putting Hollywood on hold so she can head for a remote Scottish island.
A DINGWALL-based MSP is urging his Scottish Government colleagues to protect the historic island which lies beneath the Skye Bridge.
IN the wake of a mounting protest started in Ross-shire, Highland Council has scrapped plans to revamp rules surrounding free-to-enter events.
A LONG-RUNNING Ross-shire road issue came to the personal attention of a leading Scottish Government minister today (Tuesday).
A CAR ferry service scrapped after the vessel ran aground last week is set to be back in action on Tuesday following repairs.
FIRING on all cyclinders at the top of the First Division, a sextet of Ross County stars nevertheless found themselves in trouble off the field thanks…
PEOPLE in Wester Ross are being asked to have their say next week on the local implications of a major care shake-up.
OFF-SALES alcohol provision in a Ross-shire town is set to rise by some 40 per cent if a superstore is successful in winning approval for a drinks application…
A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER in her 80s from Alness is planning to abseil off Raigmore Hospital to raise funds for Ross-based charity, Blythswood Care.
A 15-year-old boy has been brought to the attention of the Children's Reporter in connection with a spate of incidents of vandalism in an Easter Ross…
