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Lottery boost for Ross-shire groups

Lottery boost for Ross-shire groups

Lottery boost for Ross-shire groups

27 March 2024

A Ross-shire youth community group has secured £19,000 to help it provide afterschool activities, a supper club and holiday programmes for children.


Four decades of music from Highland ensemble Scooty and the Skyhooks

Four decades of music from Highland ensemble Scooty and the Skyhooks

Four decades of music from Highland ensemble Scooty and the Skyhooks

27 March 2024

Four decades ago, four Beauly lads decided to start a band for the love of music. Fast forward to 2024 and they are still giving it their best.


Walkers urged to help fix mountain paths in Cairngorms and Wester Ross

Walkers urged to help fix mountain paths in Cairngorms and Wester Ross

Walkers urged to help fix mountain paths in Cairngorms and Wester Ross

25 March 2024

Volunteers are being sought to help maintain and improve mountain footpaths across a wide area of the Highlands.


PICTURES: Family fun discovering the Ness Islands at book and trail launch

PICTURES: Family fun discovering the Ness Islands at book and trail launch

PICTURES: Family fun discovering the Ness Islands at book and trail launch

24 March 2024

Inverness families enjoyed a day of fun activities as a new activity book and trail was launched on last week.


PICTURES: Cake, coffee and a ceilidh at Haven Centre community cafe

PICTURES: Cake, coffee and a ceilidh at Haven Centre community cafe

PICTURES: Cake, coffee and a ceilidh at Haven Centre community cafe

24 March 2024

Cake, coffee and chat were among the ingredients for a successful inaugural ceilidh night at a Highland community cafe.


ROSS-SHIRE THROUGH THE LENS: Looking over Loch Torridon to Beinn Alligin

ROSS-SHIRE THROUGH THE LENS: Looking over Loch Torridon to Beinn Alligin

ROSS-SHIRE THROUGH THE LENS: Looking over Loch Torridon to Beinn Alligin

23 March 2024

The stunning view looking across Loch Torridon to Beinn Alligin as captured by Linda Ross.


Strictly Inverness 2024 diary: Dancers smash £100k charity fundraising milestone

Strictly Inverness 2024 diary: Dancers smash £100k charity fundraising milestone

Strictly Inverness 2024 diary: Dancers smash £100k charity fundraising milestone

23 March 2024

Fundraising powerhouses Angela Urquhart and Beth Saunders have raised nearly £25,000 between them for Highland Hospice and Inverness Ice Centre.


Ross and Sutherland dates revealed for Scottish Opera's pop-up tour

Ross and Sutherland dates revealed for Scottish Opera's pop-up tour

Ross and Sutherland dates revealed for Scottish Opera's pop-up tour

23 March 2024

Scottish Opera will visit Balintore and Helmsdale in June.


'There is strength in dealing with life's knocks – if that helps one person it's worth it'

'There is strength in dealing with life's knocks – if that helps one person it's worth it'

'There is strength in dealing with life's knocks – if that helps one person it's worth it'

23 March 2024

A hillwalker from Beauly is about to embark a new journey to climb all of the Grahams in Scotland – after three cancer diagnosis in the past 12 years.


PICTURES: Dingwall dances the night away for very special cause

PICTURES: Dingwall dances the night away for very special cause

PICTURES: Dingwall dances the night away for very special cause

23 March 2024

Just under 100 people danced the night away in Dingwall to help a Ross-shire Strictly Inverness competitor raise a remarkable £3100.


Wartime death of Duke of Kent in Caithness plane crash subject of play reading in north Highlands

Wartime death of Duke of Kent in Caithness plane crash subject of play reading in north Highlands

Wartime death of Duke of Kent in Caithness plane crash subject of play reading in north Highlands

22 March 2024

Plans to tour the two-act play around the Highlands and central belt of Scotland


WATCH: History made on Cromarty Firth with launch of Highland Ness yoal Sula

WATCH: History made on Cromarty Firth with launch of Highland Ness yoal Sula

WATCH: History made on Cromarty Firth with launch of Highland Ness yoal Sula

22 March 2024

History was made on the Cromarty Firth as well-wishers toasted the fruits of three years of work at the launch of a trailblazing new vessel.


Ross museum's heritage project hailed at Holyrood

Ross museum's heritage project hailed at Holyrood

Ross museum's heritage project hailed at Holyrood

22 March 2024

A Ross-shire museum's work fostering community engagement and preserving our rich heritage has been noted at Holyrood.


Assynt Mountain Rescue Team go to aid of injured walker on Cul Beag in Coigach

Assynt Mountain Rescue Team go to aid of injured walker on Cul Beag in Coigach

Assynt Mountain Rescue Team go to aid of injured walker on Cul Beag in Coigach

22 March 2024

The team spent a day training with members of the Police Scotland Highland and Islands Mountain Rescue Team on Monday.


Highland entrepreneurs of the future pick up awards at regional finals

Highland entrepreneurs of the future pick up awards at regional finals

Highland entrepreneurs of the future pick up awards at regional finals

22 March 2024

The business leaders of the future have been recognised at the Highland and Moray regional finals of the Young Enterprise Scotland Company Programme.


Get a year’s subscription to the Ross-shire Journal for a £25 charity donation

Get a year’s subscription to the Ross-shire Journal for a £25 charity donation

Get a year’s subscription to the Ross-shire Journal for a £25 charity donation

22 March 2024

The deal will see all the money collected from this promotion going to Highland Hospice and Inverness Ice Centre.


PICTURES: Dingwall dances the night away for very special cause

PICTURES: Dingwall dances the night away for very special cause

PICTURES: Dingwall dances the night away for very special cause

21 March 2024

Just under 100 people danced the night away in Dingwall to help a Ross-shire Strictly Inverness competitor raise a remarkable £3100.


WATCH: Inverness teenager with a rare brain condition is set to host an empowerment workshop for women as she takes on Strictly Inverness

WATCH: Inverness teenager with a rare brain condition is set to host an empowerment workshop for women as she takes on Strictly Inverness

WATCH: Inverness teenager with a rare brain condition is set to host an empowerment workshop for women as she takes on Strictly Inverness

21 March 2024

An Inverness teenager is keen to take control of her condition as she pushes herself to participate in Strictly Inverness.


Councillor praises 'fantastic community' after litter and fly-tipping clean-up in Balintore

Councillor praises 'fantastic community' after litter and fly-tipping clean-up in Balintore

Councillor praises 'fantastic community' after litter and fly-tipping clean-up in Balintore

21 March 2024

Over eight skips of waste and litter were cleared.


WATCH: Ullapool mum and daughter launch 'very exciting' art exhibition

WATCH: Ullapool mum and daughter launch 'very exciting' art exhibition

WATCH: Ullapool mum and daughter launch 'very exciting' art exhibition

20 March 2024

An Ullapool-based artistic duo have launched their new "very exciting" joint exhibition.


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