A new boss has been found to take the helm at NHS Orkney, until a permanent chief executive can be found. In June, Laura ...

Police in Orkney are appealing for information following a housebreaking and theft in Kirkwall. The incident happened between ...

An extreme adventurer is attempting what is believed to be the first unsupported paddleboard journey from Shetland to Orkney.

A £1.3 million programme will help Orkney businesses, organisations and entrepreneurs “grow their innovative ideas”. The cash ...

The contents of Kirkwall’s public bins was on full display, last week, as several overflowed. The state of bins in the town ...

Maritime union RMT has said it will begin industrial action at Orkney Ferries later this month, in a dispute over pay and ...

Summer swarms have seen insect spray “flying off the shelves” — but are these pollinators really such a pest? Not according ...

Funding for a third inter-island aircraft and a new vessel for Orkney Ferries has been confirmed, this Monday. The £2 million ...

Kirkwall Post Office will remain in its current Junction Road premises “in the short term” amid a review over its long-term ...

Fishing leaders across Scotland are demanding an immediate stop to further offshore wind farm consents — warning ministers they are on course to gamble away the nation’s seas, jobs and coastal ...

Is making the most of Kirkwall a 20mph zone “excessive” or will it keep us all much safer? Opinion appears divided as Orkney Islands Council (OIC) launches a consultation on the move. The local ...

Workers at Orkney Ferries are set to take industrial action which will “inevitably result in disruption” to the services, ...