THE Highlands' newest music festival, the Summer Isles in Achiltibuie, is bigger and better this year with an additional Friday slot added to the event.
A CONTENTIOUS 34-turbine wind farm planned for the Ross-shire border has today (Thursday) been refused planning consent by the Scottish Government.
TOUGHER controls are to be brought in to protect the countryside from unsightly hill tracks, the Scottish Government announced today (Wednesday).
COUNCIL houses in Ross-shire are to be tested for potentially cancer-causing radon gas as part of a monitoring programme of the highest risk homes.
EMERGENCY repairs are being carried out on a Ross-shire road which was affected by a landslide during this week’s storm.
AN RSPB volunteer has created a special artwork to commemorate the 22 birds of prey which were killed in a major poisoning incident in Ross-shire.
YOUTH and experience will combine tonight (Thursday) for a double traditional music treat at the Strathpeffer Pavilion.
ANGRY Ross-shire parents have demanded urgent action from Highland Council after it was revealed that children as young as three were spending over 15…
THREE brave citizens risked their lives to rescue an elderly man from a burning house in Easter Ross.
TEENAGE pregnancy rates in the Highlands have hit a 20-year low, according to figures published by the Scottish Government.
A TEAM including scientists from a research centre at Cromarty believe that a young humpback whale found drowned off the west coast died after swimming…
HIGHLAND Council has pledged to improve grass cutting services following an "unprecedented" level of complaints about poor workmanship.
A CHEESE seller in Cromarty is taking to the water to enable more people across the Highlands to sample his Dutch delights.
ROSS MP Charles Kennedy has welcomed a Highland Council motion calling on Police Scotland to review the routine deployment of armed police in the Highlands.
THE £13.2m upgrade of the Kessock Bridge is now totally complete with all restrictions lifted today (Friday).
A SECTION of Black Isle forestry is to be sprayed with fungicide from the air as part of a research project.
DOG handlers from 35 nations from Norway to New Zealand will be heading to Ross-shire shortly for the "Olympics" of the sheepdog world.
FORMER Scottish Rugby captain Rob Wainwright will be rolling into Ullapool today (Monday) as part of a mammoth charity cycle to provide hope for hungry…
A NEW £60 million wind farm was officially opened in Ross-shire today (Wednesday) by a Dutch energy company.
RSPB Scotland has welcomed the round condemnation by Highland Council of the Ross-shire bird of prey poisonings.
