The Oban Times - 2018-03-15

• Village powered hydro scheme could make millions for locals
• Oban High’s wizard world record attempt
• Husband blasts fatal crash sentence
• Man jailed for ‘vicious’ knife assault
• Skye charity dinner raises more than £3,000
• Islanders fear new GP contract could dismantle rural healthcare
• Film club nominated for national award
• Working hard to reduce, recycle and reuse on Mull
• CalMac expands training programme
• Workshops will help Barra and Harris firms innovate
• Campaigner­s launch Dalmally pylon protest
• Last Meals on Wheels for Oban and the Islands
• Oban marks Internatio­nal Women’s Day at event
• Roundabout concerns asOT £340,000 is spent on new barriers
• Pick a patch and clean up Oban
• Landowner denies illegal felling of a dozen trees on Soroba site
• For the love of Oban...
• New designated car park could solve congestion
• Specsavers’ teams up-skill awareness in glaucoma - the silent thief of sight
• Developmen­t group looks at Dunbeg pitch upgrade
• Schools join forces for award
• Welcome to Argyll
• Looking for the Campbells
• Travelling back in time
• Red deer claims do not bear scrutiny
• Beachd Ailein
• Social media
• BT dictates pace of broadband delivery
• Hares are important to the eco-system
• Day in the life of Argyll’s lead pharmacist Sandra
• Cathedral’s new Provost Margi Campbell tunes in to Oban life
• Decompress­ion chamber is saved
• Tiree Music Festival announces first acts
• Calling all budding musicians and dancers...
• New album chronicles history of Lewis bard
• The Coll Hoard and catwalk comes to Kilmartin
• ROCKFIELD PUPILS GET READY TO GO FOR SPORTS RELIEF
• Jura whisky eyes its future with new range
• Help is at hand to boost business
• Arisaig’s Glenuig inn wins top green award
• Around the markets
• Lochaber monitor farm meeting planned
• Farm incomes increase for first time in six years
• Farmers advised to take steps to combat late spring
• SAC Consulting
• Mountain rescue team praised for their efforts
• THIS WEEK’S WALKS
• Polar bear born in Highlands emerges from cover
• New award recognises best farm woodlands
• Weather takes its toll on deer population­s
• Housing market activity flat, but prices rise as demand exceeds supply
• BREAKING NEWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY S&S SERVICES
• Lewis pupils create Iolaire memorial for Stornoway
• Fort climber sets sights on Scottish youth squad after regional win
• More postponeme­nts for Oban rugby teams
• MARTIAL ARTS
• Oban hockey club strengthen their grip on Division Four league title
• Late goal gives Oban Camanachd a share of the points at Blairbeg
• Saints battle to reach last eight of the Scottish Amateur Cup
• Ardgour blaze stokes fears over alleged hydrant issues
• Strontian care facility set to re-open
• Caol and Mallaig hustings date set
• New head says ‘always room for improvemen­t’
• View from the Chamber
• Ardnamurch­an flies for World Book Day
• Corpach marina plans closer after £1.5m boost
• Lochaber enthusiast­s pup down to Birmingham for Crufts
• Community in ‘right-to-buy’ plan for ex-visitor centre
• Council approve new Fort student flats plan
• Charity dinner raises thousands for refugees
• Staffin trust pulls out of Old Man of Storr project
• Stornoway writer wins crime story competitio­n
• New lease of life for Lewis pier
• Skye and Lochalsh set for £25m homes boost
• Communitie­s learn skills to help abuse victims
• Officer Katy aims to keep youth on right side of law
• Shock death of well-known Lochaber family man
• MP hails ‘day of action’ success in push to save Mallaig bank branch
• RETRO Roamer
• Kilmonivai­g church opens refurbishe­d hall and welcomes new elders
• Tuning up for Lochaber Music Festival
• Lochaber SWI spring rally
• Hares are important to the eco-system
• Beachd Ailein
• Social media
• Seventh heaven for Buckie as Fort slump to league defeat
• Portree win Donella Crawford six-a-sides at Ardnamurch­an
• Lochaber 10-pin bowling results

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