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07.03.2025 13:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cromarty Firth floating offshore turbine trailblazer to create ‘hundreds’ of jobs An Easter Ross port is to become a major hub for the UK’s floating offshore wind industry amidst a £55m investment that’ll create hundreds of jobs.

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05.03.2025 19:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Critical step towards creating the UK’s first custom-built floating offshore wind integration port" - in Easter Ross.

05.03.2025 19:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

World’s eyes are on Washington - is it worth considering for a holiday? Washington, D.C. is in the world spotlight today. A visit to the U.S. capital proves there’s an awful lot more to the city than politics.

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20.01.2025 23:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

AKA White House accommodation in Washington, D.C. Picture: Hector Mackenzie

Old Ebbitt Grill in Washingron, D.C. Very good grub in the capital. Picture: Hector Mackenzie

The Exorcist Steps have become a visitor attraction in Washington, D.C. Picture: Hector Mackenzie

Inside one of the grand old buildings on the Georgetown University campus offered respite from searing summer heat outside. Picture: Hector Mackenzie

Washington, D.C. is in the world spotlight today for Trump-related reasons. So is USA's capital worth a holiday? Have you been? What do you think? Here's what I reckoned. 👇

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20.01.2025 23:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Which of these 12 Ross-shire Journal pictures from past year is your favourite? How many of these pictures and stories from the past 12 months do you remember - and who do you recognise?

📷 12 pictures and some bonus front pages from the last year (+ a banger of an offer!)

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11.01.2025 17:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Review of 2924 through front pages of @rossshirejournal.bsky.social

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04.01.2025 22:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Die Hard finally makes my Top 10 Christmas classic movie list - what’s on yours? Is Die Hard really a Christmas movie? First-time viewer Hector MacKenzie (finally) went along to find out.

Finally caught Die Hard (35-odd years after everyone else!). Prompted me to do a straw poll on other folk's fave Christmas movies. What's yours?

22.12.2024 18:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We're chuffed and proud to cover a wonderful news patch with so many interesting people and places.

20.12.2024 17:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Shucks.

02.12.2024 17:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Dingwall panto Treasure Island hits new venue - have you got your boarding pass? The Hispaniola will be docking in Dingwall from December 12 – 14. Festive laughs aplenty promised by the cast!

Have you got your 'boarding pass' for Treasure Island? Dingwall Players are ready to set sail with Christmas panto dates for new venue revealed

25.11.2024 21:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How I became an award-winning teenage journalist — and you can too Our reporter, Iona MacDonald (18) shares how she got a head start in journalism — and how you can too.

Journalism opportunity:

Iona has learned quickly and is now serving a huge and still under-represented area brilliantly. Find out how you could follow in her footsteps. 👇

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