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Delays on the Highland main line are possible after the railway was hit by some of the 10,000 lightning bolts in the north of Scotland yesterday.
Hundreds of homes in the Newtonmore, Kingussie and Laggan areas were without power this afternoon after an electrical cut.
A £50m investment is set to boost Highland Broadband’s roll-out of superfast internet to more than 150 towns and villages by the end of the year.
"Significant" steps have been taken to upgrade Inverness's crematorium to ensure it remains fit for purpose, a council committee will hear next week.
Rail passengers in the Highlands look set to make big savings on tickets after it was announced that peak fares will be scrapped from next month.
Police searching for a missing man have revealed that his last confirmed sighting was boarding an Inverness-bound train.
Detectives investigating the attack on the eight-year-old at a Drumnadrochit campsite have also visited 100 properties and reappealed for information.
The Highland-based company, which boasts 11 depots, 16 petrol stations and a fleet of 50 road tankers, has purchased Brechin-based Carnegie Fuels.
Storm Floris weather warnings for the Highlands have been upgraded to amber - with 80 to 90mph gusts “likely” on “exposed coasts, hills and bridges”.
Electrical engineers have been placed on yellow alert amid a “growing likelihood” that Storm Floris will spark Highland power cuts.
The Met Office has warned that inland gusts of 60-70mph will be possible, and up to 85mph “along exposed Scottish coastlines and hills”.
Police have urged motorists to check dash-cam footage following the crash on a stretch of the A9 north of the House of Bruar.
The former restaurant and bar has been closed since October 2023, but new signs at the site are now seeking staff for an ‘immediate’ start.
Police are appealing for wtitnesses and dashcam of crash on A96 east of Forres
Almost 300 Speyside homes and businesses were left without power, with engineers predicting it could take hours to restore.
Police are “increasingly concerned” for the welfare of a missing Highland man who has not been seen since a sighting on the rail network on Friday.
Appliances from Inverness, Nairn, Grantown-on-Spey and Forres were scrambled to the scene at 2.35pm amid an active extreme wildfire warning.
The warning is in force on Saturday and Sunday, amid forecasts for locally persistent rainfall in some parts of Highland and Moray.
Emergency services have scrambled to the scene after an overturned vehicle closed the A9 in both directions between Slochd and Carrbridge.
Inverness-based Highland Business Services (HBS) will merge with Laurencekirk’s Ringlink (Scotland) after the co-operative’s members voted in favour.
