2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1233+ words) Cairngorm Mountain Limited (CML) will be starting an access trial to allow funicular passengers to leave the Ptarmigan Station until 30th November 2026. The closed system was part of a Section 50 planning agreement to protect the EU conservation sites and the restriction should…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1650+ words) A week ago the Strathy launched its campaign to help deliver the aerial wildfire fighting service that is so desperately needed. That same afternoon Justice Secretary Neil Gray promised at Holyrood that improvements are happening and that fire chiefs will…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (524+ words) An open meeting on Friday next week in Aviemore will take a hard look at just how the strath can prepare itself for another major wildfire - with no illusions that as the climate carries on warming such an event will…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (342+ words) Badenoch and Strathspey MP Graham Leadbitter has called for a major overhaul of Scotland’s approach to wildfire preparedness following the devastating Cairngorms wildfire. A new report from the local SNP MP’s office brings together evidence from residents, businesses, emergency responders,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (303+ words) Highland Council’s housing department is performing much better than previously when it comes to looking after tenants in the strath. Latest figures for April to June, earlier this year, reveal emergency repairs were completed in an average of 5.5 hours - well…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (267+ words) The Strathy’s campaign to secure aerial wildfire fighting capabilities has been referred to in the Scottish Parliament during a key ministerial statement today. Justice secretary Neil Gray confirmed the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will be able to put helicopters…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1552+ words) The Strathy is launching a campaign today to ensure that the strath and wider Highlands gets the aerial firefighting capability that is so badly needed. The fall-out from the Cairngorms wildfire has revealed numerous shortcomings but one of the key…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (280+ words) North of Scotland Cup First Round Strathspey Thistle 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 Strathspey Thistle are through to the quarter finals of the North of Scotland Cup after beating Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Grantown-on-Spey. The hosts had the opportunity to take the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (576+ words) Badenoch MSP Andrew Baxter has challenged the SNP government to say whether they would be ready if two major wildfires broke out in Scotland at the same time. The Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesperson warned that the Cairngorms blaze…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (293+ words) Cairngorms Crofters & Farmers Community is organising a major public meeting in Strathspey following the Glenmore and Abernethy wildfire. The group is hosting the meeting because many of its members were directly involved in the wildfire response or were affected by…...