Highland Council

LibDem candidate David Green fears the council is ‘effectively driving business away’ from local operators.

A public spending watchdog says Highland Council faces “challenges” in delivering ambitious infrastructure improvements in the next 20 years.

A new drive-thru coffee shop in Inverness may have driven into a wall before it has even been built after transport officers objected to the plans.

Incredulous locals shaking their heads amid fears the flat road markings will do nothing to improve road safety

A Sutherland councillor has been suspended for two months for behaving “disrespectfully” towards the chairman and committee of a community group.

A trans Highland councillor is in the running to replace Fergus Ewing as the SNP’s candidate for next year’s Holyrood election.

“Listen to the hospitality trade” over the planned tourist tax, a Highland councillor has urged.

About 4000 “very mixed” responses were received during the public consultation on the possible introduction of a visitor levy for the Highlands.

A controversial parade by a Northern Ireland headquartered Protestant group is to be repeated in Inverness on April 12.

The challenger for 2026 believes the seat is competitive ‘because my opponent is very much part of the problem’.

But the stats draw a blank on assaults of teachers or pupils and drugs or weapons.

A multi-billion pound investment in the Highlands and Islands will be discussed by key players in the region’s economy at a summit tomorrow (Friday).

Cllr Bill Lobban said granting planning stops the church from ‘inevitably falling into disrepair’ and secures its future for ‘generations’.

He is member for Fort William and Ardnamurchan and currently MP Angus MacDonald’s chief of staff

Analysis reveals an 18% drop in care homes over 10 years while the over-75 population rose by almost 72%

‘I’m not an angel I’m just a woman and any time we make mistakes as a politician we are hung, drawn and quartered by social media.’

Campaigners have delivered a petition to Highland Council’s headquarters calling for a proposed tourist tax to be used to address the housing crisis.

Councillors have agreed to boost senior councillor pay by between £5-11k this year.

Michael Gregson says ‘the people are just not feeling the love, and this excessive pay rise to ourselves certainly won’t change that perception’.

The move follows recommendations by the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee.