A SPIKE in Covid numbers across Highland Council in recent weeks saw the region's infection rate soar to record levels over Christmas and New Year.
NO fewer than 450 positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded across the NHS Highland area over the long New Year weekend.
A MAN has been killed in a road crash on the A9.
A FURTHER 1905 Covid-19 cases have been detected across the whole of Scotland in the past 24 hours.
THE Covid-19 infection rate across Highland Council has risen to its highest confirmed level of the entire pandemic.
EIGHTY-one new Covid-19 cases have been recorded across the NHS Highland area – meaning that almost 750 positive tests were recorded in December.
Motorists have been urged to continue to take care after heavy snow in the Slochd area of the A9
SIXTY-seven fresh coronavirus infections were recorded across the NHS Highland area in the past day, the Scottish Government has revealed.
A SNOW and ice warning for the Highlands has been extended well into Hogmanay.
RAIL services on the Highland mainline have been disrupted by a signal fault.
POSITIVE Covid cases tripled in NHS Highland "in only a few days", the health board has warned as it urged the public to stick to virus restrictions.
MORE than 2000 people have tested positive for Covid-19 across NHS Highland since the start of the pandemic – after 152 new cases over Christmas.
TWO new weather warnings for snow and ice have been issued for parts of the Highlands over the next 50 hours.
ONE Highlands and Islands family has an added reason to celebrate this festive season – after their baby was born on Christmas Day.
EIGHTEEN new coronavirus infections have been detected across the NHS Highland area.
HOPES for a White Christmas have received a faint boost after the Met Office issued a yellow warning for snow in the Highlands into Christmas Eve.
PLANS are "already well under way" to make the Covid-enforced delayed return to school after Christmas was seamless as possible, the council has said.
IS this the world's biggest Christmas tree? A pilot has brought a little festive cheer after flying a route mapping the outline of a giant fir.
TWENTY-two further Covid-19 infections have been detected across NHS Highland.
STARGAZERS will cast their eyes skyward this evening in the hope of seeing a very rare astronomical event connected to the Biblical star of Bethlehem.