Cars parked on the Links grass in Nairn have sparked warnings from fed-up council officials amid local concerns.
Chief executive Calum Macpherson says North Sea renewables ‘should take 50 to 100 years just to build out’.
Work on a £39 million transformation of Inverness Castle to create a ‘world class’ visitor attraction is facing delay and a £1 million-plus overspend.
Eight new homes could be built on land in Fortrose in the near future after plans to create house plots on the site got the green light.
A £500,000 expansion of a Black Isle care home has been given the go ahead.
A successful Inverness gym which expanded into Nairn looks set to open a third outlet after plans for a site in Alness town centre emerged.
A sea wall at historic Fort George near Inverness is at risk of "catastrophic collapse” after discovery of a sink hole.
The part-time 20mph limit would be located on a 341 metre stretch of the busy road outside the Inverness Gaelic Primary School and Asda.
She also felt that empty upper office space in city centre buildings could be repurposed as flats to help ease the housing shortage.
There has been little change to the numbers since 2014.