A report on the leadership situation facing Orkney Islands Council (OIC) remains a secret, after the authority refused to ...

A single stoat roaming in Rousay has now been caught and removed, six months after its presence was first reported. It was ...

The incoming operator of Kirkwall Post Office hopes the people of Orkney will bear with him as he works single-handedly to ...

The captain of a fishing vessel that ran aground near the Old Man of Hoy has thanked rescuers who airlifted all 17 people on ...

The owners of a much-loved woodland in South Ronaldsay have offered to gift it to the community in memory of their family.

Proper” consideration must be given to fixed links in Orkney, according to Liam McArthur MSP. As Shetland’s tunnel ambitions ...

Good things come to those who wait, or so the saying goes, and that certainly rings true for the new owners of The Royal Hotel in Stromness after an 18-month wait to finally get the keys. Colin and ...

A family-run Orkney company has scooped a prestigious accolade at a UK-wide industry awards ceremony. Pentland Ferries, which ...

Maintenance at some Orkney kirkyards could be reduced as part of a cost-cutting drive by the islands council, The Orcadian ...

Powerful and deeply personal” stories of wartime life in Orkney are to be shared, in an ambitious audio project launched next ...

Seventeen crew members have been airlifted from a stricken fishing vessel which struck rocks off Hoy, it has been confirmed.

Police are on the hunt for evidence which went missing from the 1994 Kirkwall murder investigation, The Orcadian can reveal.