Head teachers say they spend most of their time acting as school caretakers, doing menial tasks like ordering light bulbs.
Police received 25 reports of strangers approaching school pupils last year, all of which turned out to be “false alarms with good intent”.
The SNP group on Highland Council are in talks to choose a new leader.
Deposed MP Danny Alexander looked a little worn out next to Drew Hendry who was wandering around the count with a very broad grin after the results had…
FOR the first time in more than 10 years voters have elected a new MP to represent Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.
The leader of the Scottish Christian Party in Inverness has slammed the licensing board for breaking "Highland tradition" by allowing an American-style…
Plans to reopen a quarry so it can provide materials to dual the A9 have been approved despite road safety concerns.
Plans to reopen a quarry so it can provide materials to dual the A9 have been revised after being rejected because of fears over an access road.
A "long overdue" review of planning rules around Culloden Battlefield to protect the historic site would still have to allow for "reasonable development",…
Highland councillors have rejected plans for a 200ft wind farm mast after 132 residents objected to the scheme.
Healthy school meals are still a turn off for pupils, the council’s head of canteens has warned.
Fears have been raised that people risk being frozen out of the NHS under plans to replace out of hours GPs with First Responders and video conferencing…
Inverness and Nairn MSP Fergus Ewing said crisis talks with oil and gas chiefs in his role as Scotland’s minister for business, energy and tourism…
Half of the main roads in the Highlands currently treated with salt in the evenings may no longer be attended to during this period.
Council bosses have pledged to clamp down on staff sick leave after workers in the Highlands took more than 65,000 days off in the previous financial…
Highland councillors have voted 45 – 31against plans to hike up council tax by 5% in 2016-17.
A row has broken out after Highland Council’s chief executive Steve Barron refused to allow the Scottish Parliament’s public audit committee…
A £1 million "Carbon Clever" budget for green initiatives such as LED street lights and cycle paths could be slashed by Highland Council…
The findings of a formal review into controversial rules that allowed Scottish police officers to carry guns to everyday incidents will be published next…
Jim Murphy has urged Labour party members in the Highlands to unite to defeat the Tories at the next general election.