Highland Council

An Easter Ross primary school has been closed today because it has no water or heating.

A community council on the Black Isle is looking to bolster its numbers to maximise what it can do to help local residents.

AN environmental agency has warned agricultural land in Ross-shire "will be flooded" and low-lying properties in the Conon valley are at risk.

The doors were officially opened today on a £1m extension to Ullapool Primary School.

ROCKFALL misery along the Stromeferry bypass may one day end after Highland Council announced its preferred plans for a new nine-mile road detour.

THE Scottish Government has refused planning permission for an 18-hole championship golf course at Coul Links near Dornoch.

A landmark building in the heart of Ross-shire's county town is set to be given a lift.

A Black Isle school has been given a mixed report following the latest inspection by a team from Education Scotland.

MOTORISTS in Dingwall have been warned to expect further disruption when more road resurfacing work is carried out on a town centre street this week.

A FUNDING cut of around a third for building projects in the next year is “really serious,” according to Highland Council’s budget leader.

POTIONS were concocted, butterbeer quaffed and spells cast at two magical sessions on the Black Isle last week.

A ROSS-SHIRE hotel development branded a "monstrosity" by critics and thrown out by the local authority has been given the go-ahead on appeal.

Ross-shire school kids had to walk in icy conditions after a gritter sent to help them went off the road.

A REFUGEE resettlement programme which has successfully rehoused almost two dozen families in Ross-shire and the wider Highlands is to be extended.

POLICE are looking for information following a Black Isle accident which caused damage to a bridge near a popular visitor attraction.

Highland Council trading standards are warning people of the emergence of a new council tax scam.

DRIVERS and residents in Dingwall are being warned that a town centre street will be closed for much of Thursday for resurfacing work.

A NEW £34 million state-of-the-art Easter Ross school is on schedule, it has been claimed.

CAR parking charge plans for parts of Ross-shire are set to go out to community councils for feedback.

PUBLIC spending campaigners have hit out at HIE where staff are on course to claim almost £53,000 in meal allowances this financial year.