News archive
News published March 2009
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Nominations Sought For Inverness West Ward By-Election
Published 17 Mar 2009From today (Tuesday 17 March), nominations are being sought for a by-election to elect one councillor to serve The Highland Council’s Ward 14 – Inverness West.
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Help ‘Lead’ The Way In Tain And Easter Ross
Published 17 Mar 2009A Tain and Easter Ross partnership is the latest in line to help community groups in its area tap in to over £300,000 of European funding.
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Apprentice Day for Highland Youth Parliament Members
Published 17 Mar 2009Today (17 March) young people from all parts of Highland will get the chance to play the “Apprentice” by shadowing senior officials within The Highland Council and partner organisations, Northern
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Convener’s Concern at Withdrawal of Highland Postbus
Published 16 Mar 2009The Convener of The Highland Council Councillor Sandy Park has expressed his deep concerns at the recent decision by Royal Mail to withdraw five of the seven postbus services which serve some of the
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Significant fall in number of new Highland homes built in 2008
Published 16 Mar 2009A report published by The Highland Council shows that a progressive fall in the number of housing completions in 2008 highlights the increasing impact of the current recession on the housing market.
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Highland Council to support Team Highland at Special Olympics
Published 16 Mar 2009Members of The Highland Council’s Education, Culture and Sport Committee have approved a grant of £10,000 to Highland Disability Sport. The funding will support an 80-strong team of athletes to par
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Highland healthy living initiatives sustainability not secured
Published 13 Mar 2009Joint news release from The Highland Council and NHS Highland
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High Life at Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort
Published 13 Mar 2009Members of The Highland Council’s High Life leisure access scheme will now have access to swimming and leisure facilities in Aviemore thanks to a partnership between the Council and Macdonald Aviemo
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Developing Inverness and the A96 Corridor
Published 12 Mar 2009At the Planning Environment and Development meeting on 18th March Councillors will be updated on progress with the current major planning applications and masterplanning work underway throughout the A
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Praise for Nairn Academy Staff and Pupils
Published 12 Mar 2009The staff and pupils at Nairn Academy have been commended highly for the way they have rallied round in the wake of recent disruption caused by the closure of seven classrooms on the upper floor of th