Calls for better payments to foster carers across the north have been made after it emerged that Highland Council is the lowest provider of allowances across the nation when it comes to children under the age of 11.
Ambitious plans for a new brewery and distillery in Sutherland -to take advantage of the popular North Coast 500 route and create up to 18 jobs - have been unveiled.
Young people will call the shots on a new multi-agency corporate parenting board to be launched by Highland Council next month.
A new centre in the north created to keep looked-after children in the region is looking to recruit 15 staff.
Pupils at Farr High School in the Highlands are celebrating after taking ownership of a brand new school bus thanks to funding from a local land conservation and tourism company.
Highland councillors yesterday committed to following the principles laid out in a new report on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) by NHS Highland.
Highland Council’s Sutherland County committee has a new chairman.
A tiny primary school in Sutherland has been criticised in an inspection report that noted falling numeracy and literacy skills.