News archive

News published September 2006

  • Council Team Win Top Health and Safety Qualification

    Published 19 Sep 2006

    Eleven trade union representatives who work for The Highland Council are the first students from a public agency in Scotland, and the first local authority in the UK, to have won a top TUC health and

  • Nominations Wanted For Community Awards

    Published 19 Sep 2006

    People living throughout Ross-shire have the chance to nominate representatives from their local community for the 2006 Ross and Cromarty Civic and Community Awards. 

  • Arisaig Primary School Inspection

    Published 19 Sep 2006

    Arisaig Primary School was inspected in May 2006 as part of a national sample of primary education.

  • Temporary Restriction For Traffic On City Street

    Published 18 Sep 2006

    Drivers in Inverness are warned that a section of Huntly Street will be temporary closed to traffic from 6am to 6pm from Tuesday 19th September until Tuesday 26th September, although the restriction w

  • Rumster Outdoor Centre destroyed by fire

    Published 18 Sep 2006

    The disused Rumster Outdoor Centre, Caithness has been destroyed by a fire.

  • Council Finance staff receive training awards.

    Published 18 Sep 2006

    Six members of Highland Council’s Finance staff recently attended the Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation (IRRV) Scottish Conference held in Crieff Hydro Hotel to receive certificates followi

  • Panels promote Skye and Lochalsh Geology

    Published 18 Sep 2006

    A trail of interpretive panels throughout Skye and Lochalsh was unveiled today (Monday 18th September) by Highland Councillor Bill Fulton. Nine panels along the trail feature illustrated information a

  • Ranger walks in the Nairn area

    Published 18 Sep 2006

    Over the coming week, Highland Council’s Countryside Rangers will be holding two guided walks in the Nairn area to search for bats and fungi.

  • Consultation exhibitions extended for east Inverness and south Nairn development options

    Published 18 Sep 2006

    Due to public demand, public consultation exhibitions which look at long term growth options for land abutting the communities of Culloden and Nairn have been extended to take place all next week Mon

  • Northern Partnership Welcomes Inspection Report

    Published 18 Sep 2006

    The Northern Partnership today (Friday) welcomed an inspection report highlighting the positive benefits for communities achieved by criminal justice social work services in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, M