Just six months after axing dozens of pupil support assistants, Highland Council is hiring 14 new ones.
The Scottish Government has been accused of prolonging the stand-off in the current industrial dispute at Highland airports.
Some NHS Highland patients have been waiting for close to 18 months to receive orthopaedic surgery, the health board has confirmed.
THE botched repair works to relay the main road into Dingwall will not now be redone before next spring despite safety fears being voiced.
Ballot of businesses now set for New Year
THE organiser of a festival staged for the last time in Ullapool is convinced he made the right decision in "letting go" of the popular music event.
THE jury is still out over efforts to tackle future flooding in Dingwall but the council’s response is a step forward, a flood victim believes.
AMBITIOUS proposals claimed as a game-changer for Ross-shire's county town have been dealt a blow by opponents sceptical of the benefits.
A two-year stalemate over a shut bridge on a popular Ross route is set to br broken.
CHRONIC shortages of affordable housing risk creating a “missing generation” of Highlanders – driven out by rising prices and holiday homes.
FLOOD woes in Dingwall will be raised in the Scottish Parliament after a regional MSP called for a “war on flooding” to be backed by Holyrood.
A PREMATURE baby’s hospital treatment inspired a team of “burly” men to enter a charity tractor push contest and win £1k for a Raigmore Hospital unit.
A “GROSS under-valuation” of common good land could rob two villages of up to half-a-million pounds, a frustrated community council has warned.
A LARGE fish farm is being planted in the middle of one of Ross-shire’s most scenic lochs after getting the go-ahead from Highland Council.
THE vote for Dingwall traders to head to the polls and decide whether they want to have a business improvement district (BID) will be this autumn.
QUARRYING at an Easter Ross site is to more than double despite local concerns.
Heartbreak and anger over flash flooding made for a tense public meeting.
A Ross-shire head teacher is thrilled with rising attainment at her school as exam results arrive.
A NOTORIOUS traffic bottleneck cannot handle more cars and plans for new housing that relies on it for access must be blocked, a community has warned.
Alness homes plan is approved as Albyn scheme gets go-ahead.
