ESI Staff
Economist focuses on financial uptick of Issue 4
Michael Pakko, chief economist, Arkansas Economic Development Institute (AEDI), has done a study estimating that the adult-use marijuana market could add up to $2.36...
Opponents claim Issue 4 would gut hemp and CBD industries
Opponents of Issue 4, a constitutional amendment that would legalize adult-use of cannabis in Arkansas, say the amendment is written in a way that...
Pros and cons of Arkansas ballot issues
To do your homework before getting to ballot box, you can look up the ballot at voterview.ar-nova.org/, typing in your voter information (name, date...
Twenty years of hats gone mad
On October 21 the wildly popular Mad Hatter’s Ball returns to the Crescent Hotel to celebrate a milestone 20th Anniversary after COVID sent it...
The Coffee Table
The relative perception of thanks
On NPR’s Hidden Brain, I recently heard a psychologist talk about how emotions differ between cultures. What we in the USA perceive as...
Leave the road, take the trails
Editor,
Thank you to everyone who attended the Community Summit on October 3 at the Aud. And a special thanks to presenters Katherine Andrews, Arkansas...
Ecological disaster or worse
Editor,
One mile upriver from the Beaver Bridge and directly across from our home sits a 40 ft. long by 12 or 15 ft. gasoline...
Constables on Patrol
Oct. 10
6:30 p.m. – A private property accident got a report.
9:03 p.m. – Officers assisted CCSO for report on a domestic disturbance.
9:25 p.m. –...
Jane Fishman May 1, 1944 – Oct. 16, 2022
Former Eurekan Jane Fishman peacefully departed this world in her Savannah, Ga., home on the morning of October 16, surrounded by family and friends....
MaryEllen Webb Aug. 20, 1947 – Oct. 11, 2022
MaryEllen Webb of Eureka Springs, Ark., was born August 20, 1947, in Granite City, Illinois, to Melvin and Betty (Kohfal) Parks. MaryEllen passed away...