Highland Council had been a previous operator of the firm, which puts a chunk of its profits into the Tain Common Good Fund.
The decisions over the Asda stores in Inverness and Tain mark the latest developments in the Highlands and Islands retail market.
The sidewalks were gray and uneven, and the sky looked like a mirror without a tain, the place where everything should have been reflected but where, in the end, nothing was.
The mussel fishery has had a long association with the people of Tain.
The beds were originally gifted to the Royal Burgh of Tain by King James VI of Scotland in 1612.
In Tain she pricked the wrong person - a man called John Hay.
Former Highlands and Islands Liberal Democrat MSP, Jamie Stone, has been elected as one of the three councillors to represent Tain and Easter Ross.
The retail giant's plans for shops in Inverness and Tain have faced legal challenges - including the one from rivals Tesco which was dealt with in the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Tuesday.
Tain Allotment Group said the new plots would help to encourage healthy eating of locally-grown produce.
Some 43 of the 70 final-year students at Tain Royal Academy have applied to universities.
Huge waves caused part of the harbour wall at Balintore, near Tain in Ross-shire, to collapse, with two boys aged 12 and 14 suffering minor cuts after being thrown to the ground by the force of the water.
BBC: Gales and high tides cause damage across eastern Scotland
The group's chairman is Sheriff David Sutherland, from Tain, in Easter Ross.
New events include John Muir Festival in East Lothian, to herald the opening of a coast-to-coast route which is named after the naturalist, Findhorn Bay Arts Festival in Moray, World Sheepdog Trials in Tain and European Festival of Brass in Perthshire.
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