AREA COMMITTEE: Cemetery extensions for Skye on the council agenda
Creating an additional 600 burial plots in Portree cemetery is among the items to be considered by Highland Council’s Skye and Raasay area committee. Due to take place on Monday…
Creating an additional 600 burial plots in Portree cemetery is among the items to be considered by Highland Council’s Skye and Raasay area committee. Due to take place on Monday…
A shout has gone out for volunteers to take the plunge and join a fundraising open water swim to help reopen Lochalsh Leisure Centre. The much-loved community-owned centre and swimming…
Two Skye councillors were at loggerheads last week over granting planning permission for 20 new salmon farm cages at two sites in the north east of the island. Portree-based Organic…
NHS Highland has said that tomorrow (Friday 16th August) will mark start of a 24/7 Urgent Care model for Skye which will “ensure people access the right care, at the…
A young Skye woman has gone from the croft to the catwalk after qualifying at her first attempt for the coveted Miss Scotland 2024 crown. Gemma Struthers from Breakish has…
The outgoing interim chief executive of Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association has “never seen” waiting lists as long in his 40 years involved in the sector. Alastair MacGregor, who is…
NHS Highland has said the Portree Urgent Care Centre will be available for extended hours on weekends and public holidays beginning from this evening (Friday 19th July). Urgent care will…
Flòraidh Forrest, project director for Tobar an Dualchais, on the writer of a well-known Skye song Over the past four years the West Highland Free Press has kindly allowed Tobar…
Giant puppets in Kyleakin will begin a fortnight-long programme of arts and music events for this year’s Fèis an Eilein, which gets underway on Friday. The Puppet Picnic Parade will…
A new £570,000 retail, exhibition and community building at one of Skye’s most famous landmarks has opened its doors to the public. Ionad an Stòir (The Storr Centre) has been…