Radio Skye has grown from a single room in Aros into an award winning community station serving Skye and Lochalsh, with financial support helping it strengthen local journalism and plan for the future.

Mallaig Active Schools Coordinator Pamela Macdonald has received a national Unsung Hero Award after helping children in some of the Highlands' most remote communities access TaeKwon Do.

Artists and creative practitioners from across the Highlands are being invited to help shape the region's cultural future as its first permanent Cultural Assembly prepares to meet in Inverness.

Scotland international footballer Ryan Christie and award winning fashion designer Siobhan Mackenzie have become the latest Highland names to throw their support behind the Beò! 2029 bid for UK City of Culture. The Inverness and Highland bid is Scotland's only entry in the competition, with Christie and Mackenzie joining Julie Fowlis and Katie Gregson MacLeod as ambassadors ahead of the shortlist announcement in October.

Visitors to the Highlands could face a £5 nightly levy on hotel rooms and holiday accommodation under proposals now open for a 12 week public consultation.

A £1 million investment is bringing new bedrooms and refurbished spaces to hotels across the North Highlands and Wester Ross as Highland Coast Hotels continues its push to strengthen year round tourism. Properties at Kylesku, Plockton and Inverness have undergone major improvements, while the historic Brass Tap at Tongue Hotel has also reopened following its own transformation earlier this year.