Now available in digital format, The Oban Times has been bringing its readers all of the most up to date coverage of the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland for over 150 years. Reporting issues from the Mull of Kintyre to Kyle of Lochalsh on the mainland, to the Inner and Outer Hebridean Islands with Argyll and Lochaber at its heartlands.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Oban Times & Lochaber Times 7th July 2016.
Anger over three-weekly waste uplift
lglen@obantimes.co.uk THERE has been a furious response to the news that general waste bins in Argyll are to be emptied once every three weeks and as late as 10pm at night. At a meeting of the full c...
Elephant campaigner is unmasked
Many people will have been mystified over the past six weeks to see someone wearing an elephant mask sitting silently in random spots throughout the region.The Oban Times can now reveal who it is an...
Former councillor passes away
DUNCAN MACINTYRE, a former councillor and justice of the peace, died on Tuesday afternoon after a year-long illness, aged 72. The influential politician was an elected member, transport spokesman and...
160 new jobs set for Argyll factory
A GROUND-BREAKING ceremony will take place today (July 7) to celebrate the investment of more than £27 million by CS Wind to upgrade its Machrihanish facility to be the only UK factory capable of pro...
Barcaldine centre sold to SSF
SCOTTISH Sea Farms has bought Barcaldine’s Marine Resource Centre and plans to turn it into a multi-millionpound salmon hatchery, creating 25 jobs, writes Sandy Neil. Scotland’s second largest salmon...
Concerns grow as Rio Tinto put up for sale
mgibson@obantimes.co.uk CONCERNS over the future of a Lochaber smelter have once again come to the fore with news the site is up for sale. Owners Rio Tinto announced earlier this year it was reviewin...