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Multi-function Highland sports hub gets one step closer

03 September 2015
Multi-function Highland sports hub gets one step closer

Multi-function Highland sports hub gets one step closer

03 September 2015

A multi-million Highland Regional Sports Centre being planned for Inverness moved a step forward today (Thursday) after Highland Council agreed…


Identified Highland Council savings falling short of target

31 August 2015
Identified Highland Council savings falling short of target

Identified Highland Council savings falling short of target

31 August 2015

Plans to save hundreds of thousands by changing school timetables, renegotiating school building contracts and slashing councillors’ canteen food…


Highland Council debt collection system cost taxpayer "hundreds of thousands"

26 August 2015
Highland Council debt collection system cost taxpayer "hundreds of thousands"

Highland Council debt collection system cost taxpayer "hundreds of thousands"

26 August 2015

Efforts to recover debts owed to Highland Council have ended up costing the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds, the Strathy can reveal.


Highland Council will not call on farmers to keep roads clear this winter

25 August 2015
Highland Council will not call on farmers to keep roads clear this winter

Highland Council will not call on farmers to keep roads clear this winter

25 August 2015

Farmers are stepping forward to help keep the roads and pavements clear of snow and ice this winter but cash- strapped Highland Council cannot afford…


Scottish Government: "We will work to unfreeze Highland funds"

21 August 2015
Scottish Government: "We will work to unfreeze Highland funds"

Scottish Government: "We will work to unfreeze Highland funds"

21 August 2015

The Scottish Government has insisted no money will be lost to the Highlands as a result of a blunder that has frozen millions of pounds of European Union…


Highland Council may cut senior managers to protect front line services

19 August 2015
Highland Council may cut senior managers to protect front line services

Highland Council may cut senior managers to protect front line services

19 August 2015

A confidential report seen by the Strathspey and Badenoch Herald today signals plans by Highland Council to merge two of its arms length organisations…


Highland farmers snub appeal to help with snow clearning this coming winter

18 August 2015
Highland farmers snub appeal to help with snow clearning this coming winter

Highland farmers snub appeal to help with snow clearning this coming winter

18 August 2015

Attempts to recruit an army of farmers to help clear snow from rural roads across the Highlands has failed spectacularly.


Prominent Highland councillor to seek Holyrood seat

11 August 2015
Prominent Highland councillor to seek Holyrood seat

Prominent Highland councillor to seek Holyrood seat

11 August 2015

A senior Highland councillor has declared his intention to stand for the Scottish National Party at next year’s Holyrood election.


Highland Council wants control over gambling machines

10 August 2015
Highland Council wants control over gambling machines

Highland Council wants control over gambling machines

10 August 2015

The UK Government is being urged by Highland Council to give them new powers to tackle problem gambling.


Inverness could get its own city council

07 August 2015
Inverness could get its own city council

Inverness could get its own city council

07 August 2015

Early moves are underway to examine the possibility of creating a separate council for Inverness.


No year of grace for Highland volunteers

03 July 2015
No year of grace for Highland volunteers

No year of grace for Highland volunteers

03 July 2015

A bid to give voluntary organisations receiving council grants at least one year’s notice of funding cuts has been defeated.


First Minister urged to give Highlands 'fair' funding deal for NHS

02 July 2015
First Minister urged to give Highlands 'fair' funding deal for NHS

First Minister urged to give Highlands 'fair' funding deal for NHS

02 July 2015

Scotland's First Minister is being urged to intervene in a wrangle over fair funding for NHS Highland.


Highlands' public service will be in firing line

24 June 2015
Highlands' public service will be in firing line

Highlands' public service will be in firing line

24 June 2015

Libraries, museums and leisure centres are likely to be in the firing line as Highland Council battles to plug a £46.2 million gaping hole in its…


Highland Council house repair waiting times are blasted

18 June 2015
Highland Council house repair waiting times are blasted

Highland Council house repair waiting times are blasted

18 June 2015

Stricter targets are being set for Highland Council’s housing repair teams after statistics revealed tenants in Badenoch and Strathspey were waiting…


Highland Council to revisit winter gritting spend

12 June 2015
Highland Council to revisit winter gritting spend

Highland Council to revisit winter gritting spend

12 June 2015

The new man chairing Highland Council’s community services committee has promised to strive for better roads and community transport.


Highlands' 'crumbling' roads a priority for council leader in waiting

08 June 2015
Highlands' 'crumbling' roads a priority for council leader in waiting

Highlands' 'crumbling' roads a priority for council leader in waiting

08 June 2015

Extra cash will be invested almost immediately into the region’s crumbling roads under new plans by the woman at the helm of Highland Council.


Independents to run Highland Council

05 June 2015
Independents to run Highland Council

Independents to run Highland Council

05 June 2015

The Independents have taken power at Highland Council.


Tributes pouring in for "lovely man" Charles Kennedy

02 June 2015
Tributes pouring in for "lovely man" Charles Kennedy

Tributes pouring in for "lovely man" Charles Kennedy

02 June 2015

Tributes are pouring in for Charles Kennedy, the former Liberal Democrat leader and Ross, Skye and Lochaber MP who has died at his home in Lochaber.


SNP in talks to hold on to leadership

29 May 2015
SNP in talks to hold on to leadership

SNP in talks to hold on to leadership

29 May 2015

The Scottish National Party are battling to form Highland Council’s new administration and say talks with other parties today were "encouraging".


Liberal Democrat Group to quit Highland Council administration

28 May 2015
Liberal Democrat Group to quit Highland Council administration

Liberal Democrat Group to quit Highland Council administration

28 May 2015

The Liberal Democrat group at Highland Council are in talks with other groups with a view to forming a new administration to run the council.


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