The Highlands is one of Scotland's worst hot-spots for drink-driving, new data has revealed as police gear up for their annual festive crackdown.
Temperatures in the Highlands fell well below freezing overnight , with the mercury bottoming out at -18C near the A9 in the Cairngorms National Park.
Warnings for snow have been issued for large swathes of the Highlands – especially in the east – with up to 10cm possible in hilly spots
A car collided with a lamppost in Maryburgh at around 5pm on Friday but then left the scene and failed to report the damage.
Vandals who smashed a patio door window with a bottle in Tain are being hunted by police.
“DISAPPOINTED” campaigners have vowed to fight a “fundamentally flawed” plan for almost 80 houses on a greenfield site on the fringes of Invergordon.
A man who went missing in Beauly, sparking an overnight police appeal, has been found "safe and well".
SCRAPPING of a multimillion-pound plan to replace a deadly Easter Ross railway level crossing with a bridge is not a surprise, a councillor believes.
Highland residents were waking up to what is likely to have been the coldest night of the winter so far after the mercury plummeted as low as -15C.
Key railway improvements which could dramatically boost train reliability on Highland lines may not take place as soon as hoped, campaigners fear.
David MacDonald was last seen in Beauly late on Friday morning.
The Met Office yellow warning for snow and ice comes into force on Friday evening and covers parts of the far north.
The Highlander will be playing Groundskeeper Willie's new Scottish love interest in an episode due to air this weekend.
Controversial long-running plans for a caravan park near the Kessock Bridge have re-emerged after Highland Council lodged a full planning application.
Pupils from Gairloch, Dingwall, Fortrose and Invergordon were amongst those taking part in the mock COP28.
Tips which could come in useful when rescuing and recovering kayakers and canoeists have been shared with RNLI Kessock's lifesaving crew.
An "unidentified object" in the water off Rosemarkie sparked a call out for the RNLI's Kessock lifeboat on Sunday evening.
A whopping £20,000 windfall is winding its way to charity after a hugely successful formal dinner in a Highland hotel.
History won't be kind if Invergordon's infrastructure is left behind in a rush for new houses as part of the town's freeport future, campaigners warn.
Vandals are being hunted by police after "substantial damage" was caused to a vehicle in Easter Ross last week.
