ESI Staff
The Coffee Table
The problem with mental health
Last week I suggested that remaining silent in the face of racism signifies complicity. Today I ponder whether, by doing nothing,...
ISawArkansas
“Democrats’ effort to codify abortion rights fails in the senate.” That was a New York Times headline a couple of weeks ago that explained...
Protect neighborhoods
Editor,
The owners of the home at 14 Washington St. have asked to rezone their property from R-1 Victorian Residential to C-3 Quiet Commercial to be allowed...
QC could ease housing shortage
Editor,
What better group to address Carroll County’s dire housing need than the Quorum Court? Yet, when Suzie and Dan Bell appeared before them recently about...
ESCC on the j-o-b
Editor,
I want to acknowledge Cathy Segur, Zachary Whitbey, and crew at the Eureka Springs Community Center in making the center a special gathering place....
The Dirt on Nicky
Are all vegetables equal?
As I drove toward town through a verdant valley, the radio aired misery, confusion, accounts of hypocrisy, preachers, bad rock and...
Blame game dominates council meeting
Despite only two agenda items, one of which was dropped, city council managed an hour-long meeting that became heated.
The topic of discussion was the...
Phillips and Writer in runoff for County Judge
Of 14,707 registered voters in Carroll County, 5,109 ballots were cast in the May 24 primary, 34.74 percent of registered voters. These results are...
HDC OKs porch enclosure
With the addition of new commissioner Peter Graham, the Historic District Commission had a full panel of seven for the first time in months....
Newspaper building going to the dogs
The former Carroll County Newspaper property on Berryville’s 62 Spur is again home to a print business – but this time it’s pawprints, not...