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Council to benefit from £1.4 million depot three years after blaze

Work is anticipated to be completed in November of this year.

Oban

Councillors agree to move on outstanding issues

March 20, 2019

Oban Airport Business Park and Dunbeg Roundabout are just two development projects that seem to have stagnated

Oban

Lochaber curlers hammer home victory at Braehead

March 20, 2019

Strathcona Cup competition goes down to the wire

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Business

Cruise ship season is here!

March 20, 2019

Bid4Oban gets set to welcome cruise ships to Oban.

Oban

Working together to get rid of the rubbish

March 20, 2019

New waste strategy to meet Government waste ban

Oban

Quartet are in the swim for diabetes

March 20, 2019

Oban ladies go the distance to raise awareness.

News

Oban maths teacher heads off on new tangent

March 20, 2019

Duncan Sinclair left to take up a new role at Elgin High School

Lochaber

Consultation on electoral arrangements for islands begins

March 20, 2019

The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland consultation will run until May 20.

1	BOWFest cancelled due to funding shortfall15th January
2	No update to Oban playpark saga15th January
3	National Galleries of Scotland launches updated Gaelic Language Plan15th January
4	Oban’s Liz celebrates Tesco trolley win14th January
5	Litter picked from Tesco car park in aid of charity14th January

Sport

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Lochaber

VIDEO: Author discusses Ballachulish Camanachd Club 125th anniversary book

Ian MacPhee spoke to the Lochaber Times about his new book celebrating the history of Ballachulish Camanachd Club.

Other Sports

Islay High rugby youngsters home but not dry

March 18, 2019

Other Sports

Scotland teams run Six Nations leaders close

March 14, 2019

Other Sports

Martial arts

March 14, 2019

Other Sports

Green Machine back in action on Saturday

March 13, 2019

Other Sports

Mighty performance sees Oban ladies into Shield

March 13, 2019

Shinty

Shinty round-up

March 12, 2019

Sport

Two solid displays from Oban’s European Tour golfer Bob MacIntyre

March 12, 2019

Other Sports

First points of the season for John McPhee in Qatar

March 12, 2019

Football

Oban Saints bag three vital league points

March 12, 2019

1	Abi scores for Scotland6th December
2	Young Lochaber boxing stars shine on the road6th December
3	West Highland Wheelers named Club of the Year6th December
4	Fort youths unveil new strips6th December
5	Argyll rallyers fly in Fife6th December

Leisure

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Leisure

Bonnie Babies is back!

Don’t miss your chance to win £500!
The Oban Times Bonnie Babies Competition for 2019 is now open.

Outdoors

Women foresters urged to promote the sector

March 20, 2019

A campaign is being launched to ask women to encourage others to take it up as a career.

Leisure

Iona publisher releases new book

March 20, 2019

Author Kenneth Steven is best known as a poet but he is also a novelist and children’s author.

Leisure

New mountain art project to involve public on islands

March 20, 2019

The coastal artwork will visit 25 venues all across the UK.

Leisure

Oban cinema closes for maintenance

March 19, 2019

Cinema will be closed on March 25 and 26 so electrical work can be carried out.

Outdoors

Mountain safety reminder after Ben Nevis tragedy

March 18, 2019

Mountaineering experts underline need to act on weather and avalanche forecasts.

Outdoors

This week’s walks 21.03.19

March 18, 2019

Get out and about with an organised hike.

Leisure

Musical treats lined up on Skye

March 17, 2019

Lorayne McLucas Performing Arts Academy and the Skye and Lochalsh Orchestra visit Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.

Outdoors

Young people help shape National Park’s future

March 14, 2019

The group, aged between 11 and 22, took part in the first youth residential organised by the National Park Authority.

Nostalgia

Record-breaking year for Urquhart Castle

March 14, 2019

Urquhart Castle welcomed more than 500,000 visitors for the first time in a calendar year.

Opinion

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Columnists

At random with Martin Laing 14.03.19

The Oban Times deputy editor urges litter-bugs to mend their ways.

Letters

Letters to the editor 14.03.19

March 15, 2019

Readers offer their views on a range of topics.

Columnists

Glasgow Letter – week 11

March 14, 2019

With Robert Robertson

Columnists

Kay McDonald: Around Oban – week 11

March 14, 2019

The #trashtag is really taking off, so let’s show what we can do during Oban Spring Clean.

Columnists

Beachd Ailein with Allan Campbell – week 11

March 14, 2019

Columnists

MacPhail – week 11

March 14, 2019

Lenten motivation will hopefully spur on our columnist’s charity/health plans.

Columnists

Morvern Lines with Iain Thornber 14.03.19

March 14, 2019

From Skye to Mt Kilimanjaro conclusion.

Columnists

Beachd Ailein with Allan Campbell 07.03.19

March 9, 2019

We must hope that these future adults are better managers of the world than we have been.

Columnists

At random with Martin Laing 07.03.19

March 8, 2019

The Oban Times deputy editor urges action to repair George Street and Argyll Square.

Columnists

Morvern Lines with Iain Thornber 07.03.19

March 8, 2019

From Skye to Mount Kilimanjaro.