Pupils from Portree Primary School landed a footballing lesson from former Rangers captain Lee McCulloch and former Hearts player and manager Robbie Neilson in a new initiative led by sportscotland,…
Residents in Broadford, Skye, were mystified this week when Highland Council created a new one-way system in the village – then removed it just a few hours later. Road markings…
Players from Kinlochshiel Shinty Club’s second team found themselves slightly star-struck on Saturday afternoon after a routine stop at a petrol station resulted in a chance meeting with a former…
Every week, Skye & Lochalsh Council for Voluntary Organisations http://www.slcvo.org.uk/ produces an abridged audio version of the West Highland Free Press. This fantastic service, made possible by local volunteers, allows those…
This year’s Skye Book Festival has been cancelled because Creative Scotland refused to allocate the £10,500 of required funding. The organising committee of Cleas, the charity that ran the book…
KEITH MACKENZIE was in Portree on Monday as Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Phort Rìgh opened its doors to pupils for the first time. ‘Is e obair latha tòiseachadh, ach is e obair…
By Adam Gordon Portree athlete Hugh Campbell is to run this year’s Skye Half Marathon in aid of Alzheimer Scotland and in memory of his gran, who passed away in…
A local radio presenter has raised more than £1,300 for the Skye branch of Cancer Research UK by having her hair shaved off. Donna McEwan, who is a regular on…
The Armadale-Mallaig ferry service will continue to be served by a single vessel for the next fortnight due to a fault with a scheduled relief boat. The MV ‘Loch Bhrusda’…
Urgently needed affordable houses in a north-east Skye community – the first in almost 20 years – have just received the green light. Highland Council has approved a planning application…
