Local drivers are being encouraged by Police Scotland to sign up to a new alert system operating within the Highland region.
The partial opening of the new stretch of road on the A9 at Berriedale Braes has received a cautious welcome from a Highland councillor.
Concern has been voiced about "hungry" pregnant Caithness women being stranded at Raigmore's Kyle Court patient lodge while waiting to have babies.
With news of Phillip Schofield coming out as gay hitting the headlines, some Highlanders will recall when he tied the knot at Ackergill Tower.