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Author: Keith MacKenzie

RAISING A GLASS: Plans lodged for revival of 200-year-old Skye distillery

Keith MacKenzie10 April 202510 April 2025

Ambitious plans have been unveiled to revive an historic whisky distillery on Skye, creating 26 new jobs, a visitor centre and staff accommodation. Séamus Ó Baoighill and Seumas Gorman hope…

PITCH PERFECT: Broadford sports campus nets £150,000

Keith MacKenzie27 March 202527 March 2025

Plans to build new community sports facilities in south Skye have been boosted by an £150,000 award from Sportscotland. Sports clubs and community facilities across Scotland will benefit from £450,000…

NORRIE T MACDONALD: For the Hebrides, wind power can be our ‘Shetland’ moment 

Keith MacKenzie28 February 2025

There is a notion around these parts, indeed any part of the Highlands and Islands (and wider Scotland?) destined to be ‘home’ to multi-billion pound investment by the renewables industry,…

SPEED CONCERNS: NC 500 traffic means road safety measures are ‘urgent’ at Shieldaig

Keith MacKenzie28 February 2025

A Wester Ross community is calling for urgent road safety improvements amid growing traffic volumes generated by the North Coast 500. Shieldaig Community Council say there have been several near…

FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE: Skye man to take his MS battle to Mexico

Keith MacKenzie19 February 202519 February 2025

A Skye man, whose life “was turned upside down” by a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, is set to undergo medical treatment in Mexico in a bid to secure a fighting…

WORKERS’ CAMP: Group warns Broadford development will affect otters

Keith MacKenzie14 February 2025

A children’s environmental group based in Broadford on Skye has found that at least 10 species of mammals and birds will be affected by plans to build a workers’ camp…

READER’S COMMENT: ‘High-end’ Gaelic drama was robotic and clichéd 

Keith MacKenzie12 February 202512 February 2025

Now that the fourth and final episode of the BBC Alba mini series ‘An t-Eilean’ has aired, many readers will be wondering how £4 million couldn’t buy something better. Was…

TOBAR AN DUALCHAIS: Memories of Glendale, Nova Scotia in 1963

Keith MacKenzie29 January 2025

Dr John Shaw is one of the worlds’ foremost scholars of Gaelic oral traditions and is an Honorary Fellow in Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University. Following encouragement from…

LIFEBOAT CHALLENGE: Portree RNLI volunteer raises over £1000

Keith MacKenzie29 January 2025

A volunteer crew member at Portree RNLI Lifeboat Station is celebrating after successfully completing a 10k running challenge, and raising £1,000 for the charity. Adam MacDonald, who has been on…

POSITIVE REPORT: Inspectors praise Isle of Skye primary school for leadership and values

Keith MacKenzie24 January 2025

Broadford Primary School has earned a glowing report card following a recent inspection by a team from Education Scotland. The 61-pupil south Skye primary was recognised for its strong leadership…

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