UHI staff have overwhelmingly backed industrial action in a row over £4 million of cuts and job losses planned at the institution.
Almost a quarter of Highland residents are aged 65 and over as well according to the data.
Medics have painted a picture of a health service failing in both facilities and service delivery at a gathering organised by a Highland MSP.
A total of 52 probable suicides were recorded in the NHS Highland region last year.
The Caledonian Canal will be closed to sea-to-sea traffic for a period this winter to allow repairs to a number of canal structures.
A host of vehicles from years gone by were on show on the Black Isle this weekend.
A 73-year-old injured in a crash in the Glen Shiel area has died.
Kintail Mountain Rescue were recently reunited with a man they rescued earlier this year.
One person has been charged with murder after a man reported to originally be from Alness was found dead.
Road policing officers are appealing for information following the crash on the A87.
The road reopened in the early hours after an incident between Shiel Bridge and Bun Loyne.
The A87 is closed in both directions, between Shiel Bridge and Bun Loyne after a reported traffic collision.
Highland is one of 24 Scottish regions where members of UNISON have voted to strike over pay.
A total of a dozen drivers were reported for speeding and other offences on the NC500 over a two-day targeted operation.
Shelters at either end of the bridge will provide space for people feeling confused or distressed.
A journalist who covered the disappearance of the Highland mother and son in 1976 looks back in a new documentary about the case.
Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Renee and Andrew MacRae will run over two nights on the BBC.
A ballot for strike action is opening at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) in a dispute over job cuts and compulsory redundancies.
Highland Council has been warned a controversial licensing scheme for short-term lets may be “legally unsound”.
A Highland couple are to embark on a 500-mile bike ride across the north coast to raise £10,000 for charity in memory of their beloved daughter.