Community

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has urged people who live within or who may enter rural environments to exercise caution.

The Black Isle Horticultural Society’s popular Plant Sale is set to return later this month, and will be held in Rosemarkie.

A housing association has been ordered to apologise over failures to tackle anti-social behaviour that left a family feeling they had to move away.

Striking artists’ impressions have been released illustrating the plans for the major transformation of a popular Wester Ross hotel.

WATCH: Highland women’s remarkable memories caught to coincide with 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Run annually by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, the Scottish Charity Awards celebrate the best of Scotland’s voluntary sector.

Staff and residents have set out on a ‘Mile a Day in May’ challenge for a cause close to their hearts.

A couple have been rescued by Wester Ross “heroes” after getting ‘cragfast’ up a Munro on the Glenelg peninsula.

The group travelled almost the length of the UK to scale the highest mountains in Wales, England and Scotland inside 24 hours.

Inverness-based charity, Rape and Sexual Abuse Service Highland (RASASH) has been shortlisted as a finalist for Charity of the Year.

A Ross-shire camera club’s photographer of the year has taken a bow alongside other competition winners at a special celebratory event.

A Highland engineering company that has pioneered innovative new solutions for clean water has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise.

The Ross-shire and Sutherland Federation SWI handcrafts show is being staged at Findon Hall, Culbokie on May 9 and 10.

The A9 near Tore roundabout is closed southbound due to a fire.

Energy giant SSEN is continuing investigative work along the controversial super-pylon route stretching from Caithness to Peterhead through Beauly.

A grandchild said: ‘They are so special to us. We feel so happy to have them in our lives.’

A Wester Ross rescue team were called out alongside police to assist an injured walker last weekend (May 3).

Music fans were in for a treat this weekend as a popular music festival returned to the Black Isle.

A GP surgery has been told to apologise to a patient for its “unreasonable failure” to diagnose their deep vein thrombosis over an 18 month period.

An open day at the closure-threatened church brought an influx of ideas.