The Inverness Courier is a local, bi-weekly newspaper, published each Tuesday and Friday in Inverness, Scotland.[3] It reports on issues in Inverness and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. It is the longest, continually running local newspaper covering the area.[4]
History
The first issue of The Inverness Courier and General Advertiser for the Counties of Inverness, Ross, Moray, Nairn, Cromarty, Sutherland and Caithness appeared on 4 December 1817. The first editors were Mr. John and Mrs. Johnstone until 1824. Mrs. Christian Isobel Johnstone produced the widely acclaimed Meg Dod’s Cookery Book.[5][6]
Dr. Robert Carruthers[7] was editor from April 1828 until his death in 1878,