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Praise for team behind ‘fantastic’ Thurso public gardens
Plaudits have been extended to the small team that look after Thurso’s public gardens.
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Caithness Foodbank ‘overwhelmed’ by Dunbeath lemonade and baking fundraiser
The latest lemonade and bake-sale fundraiser by Dunbeath brothers Ollie and Sammie Hall has resulted in a £560 donation to Caithness Foodbank.
Highland artists unite for powerful mental health exhibition at Eden Court
Artists from across the Highlands are coming together to explore the impact of mental ill-health through a unique exhibition.
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Wick man verbally abused woman at petrol station in Thurso
A Wick man has admitted verbally abusing and shouting at a woman at a Thurso fuel outlet.
Spittal/Peterhead subsea link milestone as compounds are completed
Around 50 staff are based at the Bower Quarry facility, representing organisations including SSEN Transmission, NKT and John Gunn and Sons.
Constraint payments will increase due to grid blockages, Skulls’ whereabouts remains a mystery and Armed Forces LGBTQ+ personnel entitled to reparations
YOUR VIEWS: Letters to the Editor of the John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier
Record flight from Land’s End, pupils walk out over school conditions and top award for local website
LOOKING BACK: From the archives of the John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier of yesteryear.
Thurso drug-driver jailed over court order breach
A breach of community payback order has landed John Andrew Webb with a three-month jail stint.
Gas works to partially close road for two months
A road close to Caithness General Hospital and Wick Railway Station will partially close to traffic for more than two months.
Caithness Family History Society AGM could be starting point for a journey into genealogy
Anyone with a driving ambition to explore genealogy will be welcome at this month’s annual general meeting of Caithness Family History Society.
Driver was four times limit after he left Thurso bar and drove off
A Thurso bar worker was alarmed to see a customer who was worse the wear for drink getting into his car.
‘No Surprise’: Highland school buildings in second worst condition in Scotland
According to the new data, nearly a third of the region’s schools were in a “poor” or “bad” condition as of April 2026.
Councillor’s appeal for feedback on changes to parking rules on Thurso street
A Thurso councillor is keen to get public feedback on how the changes to parking restrictions on the town’s Princes Street have worked out.
Passenger numbers ‘growing substantially’ on Wick PSO flights
Highland Council is confident the subsidised flights from Wick John O’Groats Airport to Aberdeen and Glasgow can be “successful and sustainable”.
Wick and East Caithness by-election: Result confirmed
The successful candidate for the Wick and East Caithness by-election has been announced as Julie Calder of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
NC 500 seeks ‘a wider benefit for all communities’ as three new appointments announced
Promoters of the North Coast 500 route say they are strengthening community ties through three new appointments.
‘I like to speak to people’: New councillor ‘overwhelmed’ by Wick and East Caithness by-election win
Julie Calder felt “overwhelmed” and “emotional” after being elected as the new member for the Wick and East Caithness ward on Highland Council.
‘No alternative to jail’ for Thurso man after series of violent and threatening crimes
Deejay Wingfield is beginning a jail stretch for trouble he caused on his 21st birthday.
Man denies stab threat at Thurso hotel
A 43-year-old man is to contest a charge that he threatened to stab someone during an disturbance he allegedly caused in a Thurso hotel.
‘She will not be forgotten’: Thurso community councillors add to tributes to local campaigner
Thurso community councillors have added to the tributes paid to former member Louise Smith-Dasar.