In this week’s edition of The Orcadian

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available at all the usual outlets, and online, here.

This week’s front page story is all about a Longhope resident who saved his house from a fire using a pressure washer.

Also in this week’s paper:

• Plans from a consortium of local butchers for a new abattoir facility in the county.

• Orkney’s medical director was the highest NHS earner in Scotland last year.

• The launch of the 2018 Islander magazine.

• Stromness Drama Club (Youth) make it through to the national final of the SCDA one-act play competition.

This week’s paper also features coverage and photos from County ploughing match, and the latest edition of The Peedie Orcadian is free inside.

For all these stories, the week’s sporting roundup, plus much more, pick up a copy of today’s edition of The Orcadian.