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What exactly is being built near Green Forest?

Outside the city limits of Green Forest, Arkansas, a proposed poultry litter-to-biogas plant has prompted an important discussion about how this type of development...

Excellence takes sincere and intelligent effort

I would like to praise Eureka Springs Hospital for their outstanding emergency abilities in a critical situation. On Saturday, April 26, at approximately 9 p.m.,...

What a 1 percent tax can do

When I first became mayor, I knew I was inheriting many responsibilities. One of them stood above the rest. Our aging water and sewer...

Simple way to be counted

The Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) has received a Request for Exemption for the Triple Oak Power facility in Crittenden County, Arkansas. The quorum court...

Turbines turning but promises spinning in the wind

This summer the world is experiencing an unprecedented number of climate change disasters including wildfires, flooding, drought, record low snowfalls and a melting Arctic....

Quorum Court volleys on sales tax

Will the county ask for a sales tax increase? The quorum court held a long discussion on that topic at its July 21 meeting,...

ED signage hindering retailers

Eureka Springs City Council met on Monday, July 27 for a regular meeting preceded by a budget workshop. City Finance Director Michael Akins reported...

Tree cut, new garage, and bathhouse get thumbs up

A request to cut 100 trees for a single-family residence seemed excessive until members of the Planning Commission meeting as the Board of Zoning...

HDC OKs garage construction

Even though the Historic District Commission meeting scheduled for July 1 had been cancelled, the agenda for the July 15 meeting included only one...

Hospital continues improvements

The July 20 regular meeting of the Hospital Commission held updates from CEO Tiffany Means on the hospital’s efforts to fix financial reporting, revenue...