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Grantown golf ace a long shot for Euro Tour place

Grantown golf ace a long shot for Euro Tour place

Strathspey golfing star Duncan Stewart is among a trio of Scots viewed as “long shots” to win European Tour playing rights.


Railways on the level again at Kingussie

Railways on the level again at Kingussie

Kingussie’s troublesome “unlevel crossing” is now level - but only after another weekend of upheaval for local rail services.


Major expansion on cards for prominent Highland business

Major expansion on cards for prominent Highland business

The expansion of a major manufacturing plant which could pump an extra £22 million into the local economy and create 250 jobs has been approved.


New drink drive limits approved for Scottish roads

New drink drive limits approved for Scottish roads

A lower drink drive limit for Scotland will come into force on December 5 after the Scottish Parliament unanimously voted in favour of the new law today…


Golden eagle "needs your vote!"

Golden eagle "needs your vote!"

The golden eagle needs Scotland’s help in the search for the nation’s favourite bird.


Leaky homes and four by fours hinder Highlands carbon cut

Leaky homes and four by fours hinder Highlands carbon cut

Climate change initiatives will never be embraced while people in the Highlands are still living in homes so poorly built they leak heat, an outspoken…


Scottish Parliament to vote on lower drink drive limit

Scottish Parliament to vote on lower drink drive limit

A high-profile public information campaign to ensure Scotland is ready for a new lower drink drive limit has been launched at the start of Road Safety…


Four Highlands pupils were hospitalised by legal highs

Four Highlands pupils were hospitalised by legal highs

A teenager who supplied legal highs to youngsters from an Inverness school which led to four pupils being hospitalised has been admonished by…


Salmond installed as favourite by leading bookmaker for Badenoch and Strathspey seat

Salmond installed as favourite by leading bookmaker for Badenoch and Strathspey seat

Could Salmond be on the Westminster and Badenoch and Strathspey menu?


Warning on A9 delays as improvements start

Warning on A9 delays as improvements start

Drivers are being warned to expect delays as a £2 million programme of road surface improvements on the A9 between Perth-shire and Ross-shire are…


Man lied to police about Eastgate Shopping Centre attack

Man lied to police about Eastgate Shopping Centre attack

A man who wasted police time by claiming he had been assaulted by two men in an underpass at the Eastgate Centre in Inverness was ordered to carry out…


Kingussie house extension wins architectural award

Kingussie house extension wins architectural award

The extension to a house in Kingussie has scooped one of the top prizes at the Highland and Islands Architectural Awards.


Highlands war hero to be laid to rest in Newtonmore

Highlands war hero to be laid to rest in Newtonmore

Sir Tommy Macpherson - one of Britain’s most daring soldiers who outfoxed the enemy whilst carrying out Winston Churchill’s orders to set…


Highland MSP calls for arms and tobacco investment re-think

Highland MSP calls for arms and tobacco investment re-think

A Highlands Independent MSP has called on parliamentary authorities to remove investments in fossil fuels, tobacco and the arms industry from…


Strath householders issued waste collection advice for winter

Strath householders issued waste collection advice for winter

As winter approaches, strath householders are being reminded that garden waste collections will cease for a period of three months from the end of November.


Police appeals for Badenoch and Strathspey

Police appeals for Badenoch and Strathspey

Ladder theft


Badenoch MSP welcomes support for grassroots football

Badenoch MSP welcomes support for grassroots football

A local MSP has welcomed an initiative to supply young footballers with new strips.


Mountain bike trails in Cairngorms National Park have successful first year

Mountain bike trails in Cairngorms National Park have successful first year

Mountain bike trails on Glenlivet Estate in the Cairngorms National Park have proven popular in their first year of operation.


Thompson calls for review into investigation of dead birds of prey

Thompson calls for review into investigation of dead birds of prey

Dave Thompson, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, has called for a review into the investigation around how a significant number of raptors perished…


NHS Highland launches recruitment drive in England for rural GPs

NHS Highland launches recruitment drive in England for rural GPs

Doctors are so unwilling to work in remote and rural communities in the Highlands that the region’s health board has had to go south of the border…


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