13+ hour, 7+ min ago   (81+ words) Resurfacing works will close Grantown’s Golf Course Road this morning. High Council have confirmed that the works will begin at 9.30a and continue for three days. “The closure is being imposed to allow essential resurfacing works to be undertaken.” Traffic management…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (801+ words) Three children abducted from Inverness nearly three years ago are set to be returned to their mother after a decision by a court in Malta. The children - Ukrainian refugees - had been taken from the city’s Mercure Hotel by their father…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (237+ words) Police have said they are pursuing positive lines of enquiries into recent break-ins in Badenoch. Highland Council’s area committee chairman Russell Jones (Independent) asked for an update from the force at their latest meeting at the Townhouse in Kingussie. He…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (509+ words) Drug driving continues to overtake drink driving as a menace on the strath and wider Highlands’ roads. The latest policing figures for the period from April to the April 1, last year, to March 31, earlier this year, were presented to local…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (398+ words) Vandals have attacked yet another public toilet in the strath and closed it indefinitely. Highland Council confirmed that Kingussie’s facility at the Ardvonie Car Park had had to be closed on Tuesday due to vandalism: “We do not have an…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (746+ words) A centuries-old Highlands tale of forbidden love, warfare and a legendary curse is to be investigated in true crime style. Grantown Museum has announced 'The Legend of the Highland Skull', a collaborative project combining an exhibition with an animated short…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (502+ words) A suspended carer who deliberately failed to inform her employer and continued working has been struck off after investigators ruled her actions put vulnerable people “at risk of actual harm”. Clare McCusker, whose current or most recent town of employment…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (213+ words) The public have been called on to help find a missing Edinburgh man, who could have travelled to Moray or the Highlands. Andrew Taylor, who is 45, was last seen in the Cameron Toll area of the city at around 1pm on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (195+ words) A man who sexually assaulted a woman during a train journey to Inverness has been placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register. On January 16 this year, Colin Parkseep (52) was travelling between Pitlochry and the Highland capital on a ScotRail train, Inverness…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (89+ words) The A9 is closed both ways at Pitlochry due to a “police incident”. Motorists on the busy Highland trunk road have been warned to expect delays and use an alternative route, following news of the closure shortly before 2pm. In a post…...