Community

A planning application has been lodged with Highland Council for 14 affordable houses for woodland near Lochcarron.

COUNTRY music fans from across the Highlands and beyond converged on the Black Isle Showground for a drive-in show.

A group of Dingwall volunteers who rallied to help people during the Covid-19 lockdown have taken their efforts a step further.

Hundreds of hard-up Highland families will miss out on free childcare for almost a year.

A kind-hearted Easter Ross couple are sending love to a tragic family hundreds of miles away.

THE "unfair" Covid blame game needs to stop, fed up students in the Highlands have told politicians.

A minor injury unit in Ross-shire closed earlier this year because of the ongoing coronavirus crisis is set to reopen – for appointments only.

Cllr Raymond Bremner has been named the new leader of the SNP group in Highland Council.

BOOKWORMS will finally be able to lend books from another batch of Highland libraries which closed their doors when the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

'EXCEPTIONAL work' to support the community during the Covid-19 pandemic has seen a Wester Ross distillery honoured for its spirited efforts.

Highlanders are being urged by MSP Kate Forbes to obey the new anti-coronavirus measures announced yesterday.

Police in Dingwall are appealing for help tracing a teenager who has been posted missing.

An Easter Ross school's parent council has praised its rector for putting pupils' wellbeing first.

AN Easter Ross school was 'acting in good faith' in seeking to alert pupils who may have been in contact with a student affected by coronavirus.

THE first meeting of the new Torridon & Kinlochewe Community Council will be held online tomorrow, with road repairs and office bearers on the agenda.

Staff from a fish firm with a presence in Wester Ross have been involved in two recent rescue dramas, it has emerged.

Pupils at a Wester Ross secondary have abided by advice to self-isolate following a confirmed Covid-19 case at the school.

A second Highland school has been hit by coronavirus following confirmation of a case involving a pupil at a secondary in Ross-shire.

A WILD swimmer who feels lucky to be alive after a terrifying allergic reaction to a jellyfish sting, has warned others to take care in the water.

A group of organisations is lobbying the Scottish Government over plans to tackle flytipping with a proposal for a long-term solution.