Five bitten in dog attacks aboard CalMac ferries

Oban raises £11,000 for family hit by house fire

After a fire destroyed an Oban family’s home just days

Highland ‘tiger’ may now be extinct in wild

Genetically pure Scottish wildcats are now either extinct

No sale of Fort dive centre as going concern

Efforts to sell The Underwater Centre in Fort William

Top chef vows to cook festive meal

ATher experiencing homelessness, a top chef and forager

2£10,000 funding for Oban addiction project

An addiction support service transforming the lives

Lucky dozen share council event funds

A total of £113,000 will be given to 12 events and

Friends peak mighty cycle challenge in India

Two Appin friends touring India on bicycles have reached

Mull’s sea eagles take flight to film festival

A film about white-tailed sea eagle on Mull has been

New fire engines for Argyll stations

Kilmelford, Craignure, Minard, Garelochhead and Port

Highland cattle show seeks more sponsors

Organisers of the Highland Cattle Society’s annual

Memories of ‘men of the wee cinema’

For many of those who lived in Lochaber and other remote

Finnie urges end to ScotRail ‘chaos’

Highlands and Islands Green MSP John Finnie has called

Major boost for Fort economy

It is estimated that for every £1 spent on the ski

Dog club looks forward to another busy year

Lochaber and District Canine Society has had another

STEM Centre planning application submitted

A planning application for a new science and technology

Christmases remembered in the Western Isles

Chill December brings the sleet, Blazing fires and

1930s Lochaber stag hunt captured on camera

Reader Charlie MacDonald sent in this fascinating old

TA veteran finally receives medal

South Uist resident Captain Eoghann Maclachlainn was

Success for Ben Bronze Model T

It may seem an unlikely visitor attraction in the Highlands

College welcomes MP and minister

Staffat West Highland College UHI in Fort William hosted

Uig remembers its 10 sons lost on the Iolaire

The Uig community in Lewis has planned a series of

MSP’s concern over dialysis treatment travel from Skye to Raigmore

MSP’s concern over dialysis treatment travel from Skye

Raasay’s Tabitha wins Nevis Range prize

A primary school pupil from the Isle of Raasay has

Forbes to deliver first John Macleod Memorial lecture

In his opening address at the 2018 Royal National Mòd

MacPhail

In just a few days, as we celebrate the closing of

MacPhail

In just a few days, as we celebrate the closing of

Junior Jingles is the ‘best attended’

First and second year pupils at Oban High made good

Young festive stars shine…

REVIEW OF THE YEAR – PART ONE

Two Oban volunteers tied the knot on January 5 after

REVIEW OF THE YEAR – PART ONE

Nevis Bakery was on top of the world after winning

Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools

Boarding for girls and boys from age 10 in Edinburgh

An experience that will last a lifetime

Independent education is one of the most important

Scholarships at Strathallan

At Strathallan our mission is to provide an outstanding

Interactive map features film and historic locations

An interactive map of Scotland featuring the film locations

Our empty seas

You don’t need to own a boat or even like fish to know

DOWN MEMORY LANE

We delve into The Oban Times archives to bring you faces and places from yesteryears

LETTERS

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DISTRICT NEWS

The winners of the Kilmore 100 Club Christmas draw

Housing association helps school trip’s hardship fund

Chairman of West Highland Housing Association Dougie

A joyful sight on Oban roadside

A little festive miracle has rerooted itself on the

Lochaber Hope panto delight

Tina MacLugash as Lost Voice Girl had audiences in

SPEAN BRIDGE, ROY BRIDGE and ACHNACARRY

Spean Bridge, Roy Bridge and Achnacarry Community Council

Retro Roamer

■ I was highly amused to hear the Radio Highland newsreader

Author Kitty is adventure bound after life on Mull

YOUR GUIDE TO WHAT’S ON IN ARGYLL AND LOCHABER

Get your thinking hat on for our Christmas quiz

All you have to do is guess the festive song from these

Glasgow Letter

2018 has had lots of great memories to look back on

An English heiress stars in MacRae Highland love story

The stories of the men and women of the Clan MacRae

WHAT’S ON

In partnership with Oban Town Diary bid4oban.co.uk

Victory Hall on song for 2019

Benderloch Palladium has revealed just some of next

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FISHER - Suddenly but peacefully, at the Queen Elizabeth

Obituary: Angus MacInnes Lawrie

Angus Lawrie was a member of the Mid-Argyll team in

THOUGHT for the week

The worst thing is that they can stir up stufffrom

2018 shinty review of the season – part one

As the year draws to a close, it’s time to look back

Feathers fly at Oban high school championships

Results of Oban High School U19 badminton championships

Oban Saints prepare for Scottish Cup

The Scottish amateur football scene is in the middle

Boxers benefit from generous donation

A donation from the family of a late boxing fan in