MAJOR refurbishment works due to last for six months will get under way on the Cromarty Bridge in April.
A ROSS-SHIRE community has hit the lottery jackpot with its ambitious plans for a new £2 million museum.
ROSS-SHIRE schoolchildren have taken part in a day of activities to help endangered Scottish wildcats which live in their midst.
AN Ullapool shop has been recommended by Craft Scotland as one of the top Scottish boutiques for finding a handcrafted gift this Christmas.
A DOG which survived a horrific plunge down a 60-foot dam in Ross-shire has been shortlisted for a national award.
POP sensation Olly Murs has announced he will perform in Inverness next summer.
THE results of a major archaeological dig on the Black Isle are set to be revealed to the public for the first time.
THE new Scottish Land Commission is to be based in Inverness, bringing 20 jobs to the area.
EGGS of a rare species of newt have been found in specially-created ponds on a Black Isle farm.
THE final 50 companies are ready to do battle in the Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards.
THE mass poisoning of 22 raptors on the Black Isle is the subject of an award-winning new film.
A DINGWALL man has been appointed as the new director of piping at the College of Piping in Glasgow.
A FORMER public health chief who was struck by cancer is to hold a fundraising tractor rally in Ross-shire as a thank you for the care she received.
A FORMER chairwoman of NHS Highland board has been named as the victim of a fatal road crash in Ross-shire.
A BIG fundraising effort in Cromarty has secured three life-saving pieces of equipment for the town.
AN exhibition being staged in Dingwall Museum is proving so realistic that it is even hoodwinking visitors.
THE leader of Highland Council has lent her support to calls for a second emergency tug to be depoloyed in North West waters.
A SCHEME in Coigach and Assynt has scooped almost £3 million from the Lottery to help conserve and promote the area’s heritage.
A ROSS MP has called the decision to renew the Trident nuclear missile system as "another nail in the coffin for the union".
POLICE have confirmed that a man’s body has been found in Wester Ross.
