A NEW chief executive has been appointed at the zoological society responsible for running the Highland Wildlife Park.
EFFORTS to boost electric vehicle use in the Highlands are in the works – and the council needs Strath residents' views to help with the moves.
FREE bus travel for all under 18s in Badenoch and Strathspey will be of "enormous benefit" to the area's teens.
A SNOW warning has been issued by the Met Office for a large chunk of the Highlands this weekend ahead of the arrival of Storm Jorge.
THE Highlands are bracing for extreme weather this weekend – amid warnings Storm Dennis could become one of the deepest Atlantic lows of modern times.
A SIGNALLING fault in Aviemore was causing disruption to services on the Highland Mainline this morning (Thursday).
RAIL services suffered disruption on the Highland Mainline this afternoon (Monday) after a freight train broke down at Aviemore and blocked the track.
A FRESH weather warning for ice has been issued by the Met Office, less than an hour after its latest alert came to an end.
WINTRY showers and ice are forecast for the Highlands overnight - sparking a yellow weather warning from the Met Office.
FLOODING is set to bring misery to rail passengers after it sparked the closure of the Highland mainline south of Inverness.
One in ten community councils in the Highlands are set to collapse into abeyance after insufficient candidates stand for election
A NEW road safety initiative aimed at older drivers and their families is being trialled in the north.
THE £520,000 surfacing upgrade of part of the A9 at Drumochter is "progressing well" after it reached its half-way mark, contractors have said.
A NATIONAL championships will be coming to Aviemore next year, it has been announced.
A SUCCESSFUL mini football festival for under-11 girls is just the start of efforts to develop women's soccer through all ages, its organiser hopes.
CLIMATE change crisis fears will be reflected in the strath when worried locals add their voices to a global strike tomorrow.
HOUSE prices in the Highlands jumped by six per cent year-on-year in July, new figures reveal.
A YOUNG conservationist now a hat-trick of awards after he was honoured for his "significant contribution" to the Cairngorms National Park.
A RECORD breaking international line-up is expected to compete at the latest World Porridge Making Championships in Carrbridge next month.
A SPEYSIDE farmer's high animal welfare and environmental standards have been recognised after she was named the Cairngorms Nature Farm award winner.