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Parents urged to question Ross school changes

It's open doors at Alness Academy this evening.

PARENTS are being invited to an Open Evening at Alness Academy tonight (Monday) to talk to staff about the new curriculum.

Ross fish farmer nets top award

Published: Mon 17 Jun 2013

Alasdair MacDonald with his trophy after the prizegiving in Edinburgh.

A ROSS-SHIRE man has been named Fish Farm Manager of the Year at a national awards ceremony.

Is it a boat? Is it a harp? It's the Musical Ark!

Published: Sat 15 Jun 2013

The Sephira, a boat which doubles as a harp, will be visiting Ullapool in July.

IT'S half boat, half musical instrument and it's coming all the way from America to compete in an international boat festival being held in Ullapool this summer.

It's good to talk, say police, as bike crash stats fall

Published: Fri 14 Jun 2013

Inspector Neil Lumsden says the feedback from the stop-and-chat initiative has been fantastic.

POLICE say a motorcycle safety campaign, which included a "Facebook chat" viewed by 12,000 folk, has helped to cut biking accidents in the Highlands by 60 per cent.

New Ross festival scoops Scots diva

Published: Fri 14 Jun 2013

Award-winning songstress Eddi Reader performs.

SCOTS singer/songwriter Eddi Reader has been announced as the headline act for Ross-shire's newest music festival.

Creche plan in drive to recruit women firefighters

Published: Fri 14 Jun 2013

There are too few women firefighters in the Highlands, says the fire service.

CHILDCARE could be provided by the fire service across the Highlands in a bid to attract more female firefighters, it has emerged.

Police under fire for slow 101 calls

Published: Thu 13 Jun 2013

Superintendent Stevie Mackay said the 101 system was still evolving.

DISGRUNTLED councillors have criticised the new 101 police phone number in the Highlands and alleged operators lack local geographic knowledge when dealing with callers.

Ross-shire P7s in the frame!

Published: Thu 13 Jun 2013

Inver P7 pupils are among the schools featured in this week's Moving On Up section in the North Star.

PRIMARY 7 pupils from Ross-shire schools are featuring in our Moving On Up pages in this week's North Star - are your kids among them?

Rescued Ross seal pup still had umbilical cord

Published: Thu 13 Jun 2013

The harbour seal pup was named Clipper by SSPCA staff. Picture: SSPCA

A NEWBORN seal pup found lying on a grassy Ross-shire shoreline with its umbilical cord still attached is the Scottish SPCA's first pup rescue of the season.