Highland Council

Co-SNP Highland Council group leaders Maxine Smith and Ian Cockburn, both veteran Ross-shire councillors, are set to step down next month.

A vision to create a thriving 'craft village' at the heart of Ross-shire's county town is back on track after overcoming a setback during lockdown.

A recruitment campaign aimed at filling promoted teacher posts across the Highlands – amongst them one in Easter Ross – is bearing fruit.

It has been a challenging few months for Ross-shire's school pupils – but hard work has paid off.

HIGHLAND Council is under fire for forcing parents to pay for childcare despite being given a £30 million pot to provide the services free.

A bid to break up "bottlenecks" in the approach to a Ross-shire school in an attempt to ensure the safety of pupils is bearing fruit.

Children will have to wear face coverings in corridors, communal areas and school buses from next Monday

Money saved from the cancellation of Inverness winter events programme could be ploughed into staging safer alternative entertainment.

Cash-strapped Highland Council has come under fire after a former executive was given a £475,000 golden handshake.

Highland Council has received the first award from a Scottish Government fund to provide priority routes for buses.

More than 30 Highland cemeteries could be full within the next six years, including two in the Inverness area.

Parents of pupils at an Easter Ross school devastated by fire are keen to find a long-term solution best for their children and future generations.

PUPILS in a Ross-shire primary are to be given their own refillable bottles of hand sanitiser thanks to a gift from a local business.

Highland Council is expanding the range of material that will be accepted at recycling sites as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease.

A burst water mains supply that prompted closure of a Ross-shire secondary yesterday has been repaired.

The recruitment of a new depute chief executive for Highland Council has been paused after objections from councillors.

Highland Council's budget leader, a Ross-shire ward councillor, has written to Scotland's finance secretary seeking clarity.

AN Easter Ross primary school has appealed to parents of pupils to help avoid "bottlenecks" as youngsters come and go from their classrooms.

Highland Council is expanding the range of material that will be accepted at recycling sites as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease.

Schools in Ross-shire are sharing coronavirus advice in response to "local anxiety" about positive cases of Covid-19.