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Two of Orkney’s Councillors have been appointed to senior roles within CoSLA, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.

A specially designed anchor has gone on display in Orkney to help mark the 20th anniversary of Aberdeen-based charity Friends of ANCHOR.

The Orkney Library and Archive is looking to hear the views of local folk about the services they provide.

A new public consultation group is about to provide feedback for the first time.

Scottish Ministers advised all local authority verifiers on 29 June 2017 that the planned changes to building warrant fees will apply from 1 July 2017. Consequently charges for all building warrant related applications received on or after 1 July 2017 will be calculated in accordance with the revised Fees table.

Forty descendants of men who died aboard HMS Vanguard will lay wreaths above the wreck next month to mark 100 years since the ship went down.

The award of £330,000 from the Scottish Government towards an initiative to help Orkney’s young people find fulfilling jobs and careers has been welcomed today (Monday 26 June).

Nine community projects across Orkney have recently benefited from funding from Orkney’s LEADER fund.

Former residents gathered this week to mark seven decades since the opening of Orkney’s original school hostel.

The possibility of creating a large scale wind farm as an important source of income for Orkney is to be investigated fully by the Council.