Highland Council

Highland Council is reminding householders and businesses to have a green Christmas by preventing unnecessary waste.

PLANS for a tourist tax in the Highlands could take a big step forward next week when councillors vote on whether to further explore the idea.

HIGHLAND councillors are being challenged to identify ways to reduce their mileage claims.

Springfield Properties has said it will appeal a Highland Council decision to refused planning permission for 93 new homes in Drumnadrochit.

HIGHLAND Council has announced details of its free Inverness Common Good Fund sponsored Winter Wonderland event.

TAXI drivers in Inverness have submitted a formal complaint against Highland Council amid plans to close a city centre taxi rank.

FEES paid foster carers in the Highlands could increase substantially under plans to be discussed by Highland councillors on Monday.

Hotel plans were accepted as an improvement but not 'exceptionally pretty'

Highland Council has insisted that a massive hydro-electric scheme planned for the banks of Loch Ness must go to a public local inquiry.

A NAIRN family who lost their eight-year-old to cancer are celebrating a huge breakthrough in moves to create a new Splash Pad playpark in his memory.

The introduction of a tourist tax could leave Ross-shire's lucrative cruise liner business all at sea, it has been claimed.

One of Inverness’s taxi companies was pitted against all the others over a proposed increase in taxi fares at a heated debate earlier today.

Local councillors are keen to make sure Nairn Academy is on a list for the next round of Scottish Government funding for new schools.

A SET of Inverness city centre traffic lights which has out of order for more than a fortnight should finally be fixed by the end of this week.

Highland Council had its most successful ever night at a national planning awards ceremony.

As part of an ongoing review of taxi tariffs fares are due to be discussed by members of Highland Council’s licensing committee.

TRADERS facing eviction from the Victorian Market in Inverness are planning a public demonstration next month in their campaign to get a better deal.

AN audit report published by Highland Council showed almost four out of 10 vehicles owned or hired by the local authority could be uninsured.

A NEW planning fight is kicking off on Culloden Battlefield after the Scottish Government “called in” an application to build a family home there.

A NEW stretch of road designed to improve links between Inverness city centre and its western outskirts has opened.