ESI Staff
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Argentina has implied evidence of really, really early humans – cut marks on animal bones indicate butchering by using stone tools (a human activity)...
From the Back Porch
Friday evening late in September or early October. I finished up at school, stopped at Turner’s farm market, drove ten miles further west before...
The Dirt on Nicky
Controversy brewing
Like all young gardeners, I learned to appreciate the difference between clayey or sandy/porous soil versus friable soil you’d be glad to take...
The Reel News
Pictured is Adam from Oklahoma with a very nice Beaver Lake catfish, caught with Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service.
Beaver Tailwaters Fishing Report
The Beaver Tailwaters...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week July 15 – 21, 2026
Education in the New Age – Pisces to Aquarius & How Each Sign Learns
As each new era or age (2,500 years long, with 500...
The Coffee Table
The Arkansas Buffer
I first discovered Eureka Springs while searching online lists of Hurricane Katrina survivors posted by the Red Cross. I was frantic to find...
Quorum Court puts kibosh on data centers
The quorum court passed an emergency ordinance in an attempt to restrict data centers from operating in the unincorporated portions of the county.
At the...
Council OKs TED trial period starting July 1
The Eureka Springs City Council meeting on Monday, June 22, housed quite a crowd. The agenda included discussion of a 90-day trial period for...
Mid-year review gets light adjustments
The City Advertising and Promotion Commission performed its mid-year budget review during their regular meeting last Wednesday, June 24 with some financial adjustments.
The budget...
Airport does repairs on terminal, runway lights
The Carroll County Airport built a new terminal building in 2011, and that building will need some repairs.
Meeting on June 19, the commissioners discussed...