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BY DANIEL CULLEN A new alternative music festival on Skye has been described as a “roaring success” after drawing crowds from across Scotland, the UK and beyond to Kyleakin Hall…
355 hard-working lumbermen from the United States (250 expert wood workers, besides engineers, sawmillers, carpenters, blacksmiths, clerks, timekeepers, cooks, waiters, other camp followers... and one pet grizzly bear!) arrived in Ardgay in July 1917 with a 12-month contract.
BY KIRSTY WATT ‘Art in a Bus’, Scotland’s travelling art gallery, brought the ‘wow’ factor to youngsters in Skye and Lochalsh last week with their technology-inspired exhibition on wheels. The…
Freelance journalist Erin Rizzato Devlin and editor of Shetland News Hans J Marter explore how valuable lessons about benefiting from renewable energy projects could be learned from Scotland’s Nordic neighbours.
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BY JACKIE MACKENZIE The political landscape in the Highlands and Islands has seen a major shift after Thursday’s Holyrood elections with three long-standing SNP MSPs ousted by the Lib Dems…
BY DANIEL CULLEN The Free Press were among the festival-goers who descended on the Lump in Portree in their thousands last weekend as Skye Live returned for another hugely successful…
Music lovers are in for a treat, with a number of concerts taking place in and around the Kyle of Sutherland over the next couple of weeks.
Rhiannon Davies, Editor of of The Scottish Beacon – Scotland’s award-winning collaborative network of independent community news organisations – writes on the role of community-owned media in Scotland’s renewable transition
Mrs Jessie Donaldson and Louise Lankston reminisce about a Carbost Primary School project that began in 1998, when the former was head teacher and the latter one of her pupils.…
BY KIRSTY WATT The sound of live music and community laughter filled the small, south Skye village of Glasnakille last Sunday at the first ever Glasnabury charity music festival. The…
BY KIRSTY WATT A new community outreach hub on Skye has been hailed a success after health, wellbeing and social care services united for the first time in Dunvegan last…
Farming has evolved immensely in the last 200 years. Sheaves, stooks, ricks and manual threshing were gradually improved and finally replaced by the modern combine harvester. The following photos show the evolution of grain harvesting at some of the local farms.
By Daniel Cullen A hustings event held in Portree ahead of the local elections on Thursday 7th May drew a crowd of around 40 people at the Skye Gathering Hall…
Staff and pupils at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig are celebrating two nominations this week in the Herald’s Education Awards 2026 for their outstanding teaching and community impact. Christine Primrose MBE, head…
BY JACKIE MACKENZIE A brand new £2.78 million Shannon class RNLI lifeboat arrived at its home station on Skye at the weekend after a five-day delivery voyage from Poole. Named…
Despite the difficult weather conditions of late, Minginish Hall in north west Skye was filled with colour last Saturday, as the Skye Gardening Society held their annual spring flower show.…
BY DANIEL CULLEN More than 150 young people from across Skye and Lochalsh took part in the annual Fèis an Earraich at Portree High School from Monday 6th to Friday…
A new environmental journalism network and magazine was launched with the aim to tell better stories and explore how the renewable energy boom could better benefit communities from Shetland to the Scottish Borders.
Tributes have been paid to a former leader of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, described as “an incredibly popular man” who was dedicated to his community. Norman A Macdonald OBE from…
Community groups and organisations across rural Highland are invited to apply to the fund, which is now open for Expressions of Interest for grants of up to £25,000 until 24 April. Following this deadline, a small grants pot will open on 28 April, with applications accepted on a rolling basis.
BY KIRSTY WATT Broadford and Strath Community Company announced their successful purchase of Broadford’s north wood last week – and a date for the diary. The 12.4 hectare woodland, situated…
In May, voters across Scotland will head to the polls to elect the next Scottish Parliament. As the election campaign ramps up, we want to make sure the issues being discussed reflect what matters most to the people who live here.
BY DANIEL CULLEN A group of senior pupils at Plockton High School have launched a new social enterprise aimed at promoting Gaelic language and culture through locally-designed merchandise. The project,…
BY KIRSTY WATT Proposals for Skye and Raasay’s community Gaelic language plan were aired last Thursday evening at a meeting at Portree Community Centre. People from across the region attended…
Barra and Benbecula hosted a mini-Olympics last week as five young cousins battled the wild weather to raise an amazing £3,000 for families half a world away. The cousins travelled…
BY DANIEL CULLEN The ‘Misty Isle Bricks’ Lego fundraising event returned to Portree on Saturday 21st March, showcasing several impressive Lego builds and raising £6,790 for Cancer Research UK. Now…
A story of new proposals, grid constraints and growing local government opposition.
