Environment

Councillor have called on the local authority to align its thinking around climate change and poverty.

Work on a link path providing access to a developing route between Dingwall and Strathpeffer is under way.

AS we all tentatively move towards an easing of the lockdown many of us have an eye on the future, writes Dr Nick Barnes.

Every week we share a photograph taken by one of our readers – and it's always our pleasure!

The rubbish behaviour of a small minority of visitors to a Ross-shire beauty spot could spoil it for everyone else.

Highland animal lovers are being offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Another sharing shed has got up and running in a Ross-shire village.

A warden is wanted to look after the increasing flow of visitors to a popular Sutherland beach.

Rules at Ross-shire refuse centres are too inflexible and risk promoting fly-tipping in the area, a frustrated resident believes.

THE National Trust for Scotland is calling for the expansion of Scotland’s Marine Protected Area network.

Red-faced council staff have had to rip up turf in a Ross play park after using a weedkiller in breach of their own rules.

Loch Ness has been named the UK’s most popular wild swimming destination in new research.

Patrols targetting illegal fishing will continue, the body says.

Wester Ross environmental activists Ullapool Sea Savers have won a Young Scot environmental award for their efforts to protect the marine environment.

Ten new countryside rangers will be taken on to help deal with potential problems at tourist hotspots in the Highlands this summer.

Anglers have had face-to-face talks with people in charge of constructing a controversial riverside artwork in the Highland capital.

A VERY high wildfire risk warning has been issued for parts of the Highlands.

The risk of wildfires has been branded 'extreme' in parts of the country amid a plea to the public.

An Easter Ross community is seeking the views of locals over the location of a recycling bottle bank.

It was clearly a whopper and would have been the catch of a lifetime for many an angler.