News archive

News published June 2015

Council website receives accessibility rating
Published 17 Jun 2015
The Highland Council has been successfully awarded the Accessible AA (government recommended compliance level) accreditation for website accessibility by the Digital Accessibility Centre (DAC).
Two ‘Bogtastic’ Ranger events in Grantown-on-Spey
Published 16 Jun 2015
The Highland Council’s Countryside Rangers in Badenoch and Strathspey are inviting people to join them to discover more about two boggy areas close to the centre of Grantown - the Mossie to the North of Grantown and the large bog in the centre of Anagach woods.
National Museum Service, Scotland, on shores at Plock of Kyle
Published 16 Jun 2015
The Highland Seashore Project has visited the unique shores around the Plock of Kyle a number of times these past three years, but on the 13th June there was a very special workshop for the projects Volunteer Seashore Surveyors.
Top Scottish conductor appointed to lead Highland Youth Orchestra
Published 16 Jun 2015
The North’s only full-size youth symphony orchestra, Highland Regional Youth Orchestra (HRYO), is delighted to announce that Christopher George has been appointed as new Conductor of the group.
Inverness - the top city for cycling
Published 16 Jun 2015
Data analysed from the Census shows that 5.6% of journeys made to work by Inverness workers are by bike, the highest of the 7 Scottish cities.
Have your say on Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan
Published 15 Jun 2015
A consultation is being launched on a plan that will be used to guide development activity in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters.
Highland’s Loch Duich on Springwatch
Published 15 Jun 2015
If you were watching BBC’s ‘Springwatch’ programme on Thursday night, you would have seen something quite alien lurking under the waves of Loch Duich in Lochalsh, Highlands. A beastie called the Pink Spotted Sea Cucumber (Psolus phantapus).
Public praised over new arrangements at Dingwall Recycling Centre
Published 15 Jun 2015
The Council’s waste and recycling team are praising householders for their cooperation in implementing new arrangements at Dingwall Recycling Centre which have been introduced to discourage the misuse of the site by commercial waste producers.
Culture and Leisure services in the spotlight for the next Lochaber District Partnership meeting
Published 15 Jun 2015
The third meeting of the Lochaber District Partnership to be held in 2015 will take place on Tuesday 30 June at 1.30pm in the Council Chambers, Lochaber House, Fort William.
Countryside Ranger Events in June
Published 15 Jun 2015
The Highland Council Rangers have a varied series of events coming up over the next week or two, each exploring different aspects of the great outdoors from forest and coastal walks to a conservation task to help a very rare butterfly.