News archive

News published December 2009

  • Council Officer’s medals presented to Town House

    Published 14 Dec 2009

    Medals once belonging to the Council Officer, who gathered the signatures of members of the British Cabinet when it was held in Inverness in 1921, were received into the collection of artefacts in Inv

  • New environmentally friendly system to deal with waste installed

    Published 11 Dec 2009

    H2Ology, recent winners of Scotland’s prestigious environmental Vibes Award has just completed the installation of its ATS-TARP-Static to receive and treat road gully and sweepings waste for Highlan

  • Smithton community urged to consider hall purchase

    Published 11 Dec 2009

    A public meeting is being held at Smithton Hall, Inverness, at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 16 December when the local community will be asked to  consider taking over the ownership and management of the hal

  • Savvy students are at the cutting edge in young consumer rights competition

    Published 11 Dec 2009

    Four pupils of Dingwall Academy have retained the North of Scotland Young Consumer of the Year Competition held on Friday 11th December at The Highland Council Chamber,  Inverness.  

  • Wick High School feasibility study

    Published 10 Dec 2009

    Work is ongoing with stakeholders on the feasibility study to appraise the options open to the Council for the future of Wick High School. Those options are:

  • Inverness schools mark Copenhagen Climate Change conference

    Published 10 Dec 2009

    A group of seven schools in the Inverness area are marking the Copenhagen Climate Change conference by raising awareness of their own efforts to tackle climate change.

  • Toy exhibition opening hours extended

    Published 10 Dec 2009

    The Inverness Winter Festival Organisers have announced that the opening hours of the Victorian Market’s Old Toy Exhibition are to be extended to cater for public demand. Organised by the members of

  • Councillors urged to back Fest-aid

    Published 10 Dec 2009

    The Highland Council’s Inverness City Committee is being recommended to contribute £800 from the Inverness Winter Festival budget towards the costs of a concert to raise funds for the Friends of th

  • Tremendous tree planting effort by volunteers

    Published 9 Dec 2009

    On Saturday a squad of 43 volunteers turned up at Abriachan woods to take part in a tree planting world record attempt as part of the UK wide celebrations for National Tree Week.

  • Switching on to electric vehicles

    Published 9 Dec 2009

    In a move to explore ways of reducing its carbon footprint, staff at the Highland Council have been test driving an electric vehicle around Inverness.