ESI Staff
The Coffee Table
From Between the Sheets
Most mornings I wake up slowly with cafe au lait and online puzzles while nestled between the sheets. I love Squaredle, a fairly...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Athletic teams representing a sovereign country or territory showed up in Italy on Feb. 6 for a quadrennial event that brought more than 93...
The Reel News
Pictured is guide Robert Kennedy with Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service, with an awesome walleye.
Beaver tailwaters
Fishing hasn’t been easy lately — no point sugarcoating...
The Dirt on Nicky
Plants in their own words
There are a multitude of things in the dang universe, and some of them are plants. I can’t speak about...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week February 25 – March 3, 2026
A Retrograde, an Eclipse, the Lantern Festival & Extraterrestrials!
Wednesday, February 25, the first Mercury retrograde of 2026 begins at 22 degrees Pisces, moving back...
The Coffee Table
Ripples and Dots
As I write this, the fifth anniversary of my husband’s death looms near, wreaking havoc with my ability to focus on any...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week February 18 – 24, 2026
A Disciplined New Cycle of Learning Begins
We begin the week on Wednesday with Sun entering Pisces, sign of the two fishes bound together with...
James “TubaJim” White June 26, 1947 – Jan. 25, 2025
June 26, 1947 – Jan. 25, 2025
James “TubaJim” White of Eureka Springs, Ark., was born June 26, 1947, in Belleville, Kansas, to Lawrence and...
Ira Joe Johnson Nov. 21, 1932 – Jan. 19, 2026
Nov. 21, 1932 – Jan. 19, 2026
Ira Joe Johnson, 93, passed away peacefully on January 19, 2026, in Springdale, Ark. Born on November 21,...
Council reviews snow plowing procedures
Eureka Springs City Council met Monday Feb. 9, reconvening after the snowstorm cancelled their last meeting. In public comments, several residents of Owen, Mountain,...