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News published September 2015

  • Wick Waves’ - Local Sea Festival

    Published 14 Sep 2015

    The Highland Council’s Countryside Ranger Service, with funding and support from the Highland Seashore Project, have come together with local community groups, organisations and businesses in Wick to run a week of Seashore related events from the 21st to the 26th September.

  • Inverness Members endorse Muirtown and South Kessock development brief

    Published 11 Sep 2015

    Members of The Highland Council’s City of Inverness and Area Committee have endorsed a final planning Development Brief for the Muirtown and South Kessock area of Inverness.

  • Inverness Members support Freedom of Highlands for Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Published 11 Sep 2015

    The Royal Regiment of Scotland will receive a warm welcome in Inverness on 15 October 2015 when granted the Freedom of the Highlands by The Highland Council.

  • Meet the artist with ‘River Connections’

    Published 11 Sep 2015

    Members of the public will have the chance to meet Artist, Mary Bourne on Monday 14 September when she will be working outdoors on Huntly Street, Inverness from 2 – 6pm.

  • Ruthven Bridge to re-open

    Published 10 Sep 2015

    The B970 road at Ruthven Bridge, Kingussie will be re-open to vehicles without a weight restriction on the evening of Friday 11 September, within programmed timescales.

  • Leader welcomes start of A9 dualling

    Published 10 Sep 2015

    Councillor Margaret Davidson, Leader of the Highland Council today welcomed the commencement of work to start dualling the A9 which was formally launched today by Keith Brown MSP

  • Plans well underway for the 2015 National Gaelic School's Debate

    Published 10 Sep 2015

    The announcement of the preliminary rounds of the National Gaelic Schools Debate competition, formerly known as the BT Scotland Gaelic Schools’ Debate, has been made and the 2015 competition looks set to be another excellent year!

  • Blas 2015 audiences flock to Festival Finale

    Published 10 Sep 2015

    Halfway through the weeklong events at the 11th Blas festival, which has been taking place at venues across the Highlands and Argyll since 4 September, organisers have confirmed that the festival Finale on 12 September is a sell-out.

  • Safer cycling and walking to school for Inverness pupils

    Published 10 Sep 2015

    Pupils at four Inverness schools are to benefit from projects being delivered by The Highland Council through the Scottish Government’s Cycling, Walking and Safer Streets (CWSS) programme.

  • City road repair work starts next week

    Published 10 Sep 2015

    Leiths (Scotland) Ltd have been appointed by The Highland Council to carry out resurfacing and carriageway strengthening along a section of General Booth Road in Inverness.