Highland Council

AN action team is being set up to respond to Dingwall residents' flooding concerns, Highland Council has announced.

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 “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.

ULLAPOOL’S Seaforth Inn has won its appeal against a Highland Council ruling that banned it from whitewashing a stone boundary wall.

“SIGNIFICANT” investment in major projects in Ross and Cromarty was hailed by a senior councillor.

A PIONEERING transport partnership looks set to bring added benefits to a Wester Ross community while also saving taxpayers’ cash.

QUARRYING at an Easter Ross site is to more than double despite local concerns.

Councillors are to consider changes to recycling and bulky uplift policies as a cash-saving initiative that would take effect from November.

MOTORISTS have been promised that Highland Council will "endeavour to keep delays to a minimum" when major works begin above the Stromeferry bypass.

PEOPLE'S experiences of severe weather and climate change are being sought by Highland Council in a bid to identify priorities in a warming world.

RAIGMORE Hospital's emergency department waiting room has been closed temporarily due to heavy overnight rainfall. NHS Highland has announced.

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.

THE likely site of a new super-school in Easter Ross has been revealed by Highland Council.

A NORTH Kessock bottle bank is to return to its original location, despite local opposition.

A FURIOUS community council has demanded answers after it only received word about a near £1 million grant fund just six days before the deadline.

RAIL chiefs must commit to urgent investment in the Far North Line to tackle its unreliable services, Highland Council's leader has warned.

MARYBURGH residents have vowed all out opposition to a “clearances-style land-grab” from Highland Council in a row over village green space.

DINGWALL will be first in line for contractors surveying cables across High Street after the farce endured attempting to hang festive lights in 2018.