ESI Staff
Author busy summer and winter
Mariellen Griffith moved to Holiday Island in 2011 after a career as a professor in counseling, school psychology and marital and family therapy in...
Strain of healthcare workers a strain on others
The United States has been suffering a nursing shortage since 2012, a shortage that began as baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) started...
Where do we go from here?
A great deal has appeared recently in our media about climate change and its destructive consequences; rising sea levels, bigger and more frequent storms...
Nursery gives birth to Monarchs
What can you do to help an endangered species? For Mark Hughes and his partner, Steve Beacham, it is by adopting Monarch butterfly eggs...
The Nature of Eureka
Pokeweed
Most people in the Ozarks, whether from here or elsewhere, recognize poke, also called pokeweed or pokeberry, among other names. It is a large,...
Esoteric astrology as news for week Sept. 22 – 28
Autumn, Mercury Retrogrades in Libra & Sukkot
Sun has entered Libra, informing us autumn has arrived in our northern hemisphere. We are now in the...
Kevin Frank Wolfinbarger June 29, 1958 – Sept. 6, 2021
Kevin Frank Wolfinbarger, “Wolf,” 63, passed away on September 6, 2021, in Berryville, Ark. He was born on June 29, 1958, in Hanford, Calif.,...
Residential tourist lodgings get the boot
City Historic Preservation Officer Kylee Hevrdejs spoke at City Council Monday evening on the ordinance presented by the Planning Commission to prohibit tourist lodging...
Cliff and German Alley could be one-ways
Residents and property owners of German Alley and Cliff Street spoke during public comments at Monday’s city council meeting to express their wish for...
CAPC promotes one, hires one
Tourism Director Madison Dawson told commissioners at the Sept. 8 City Advertising and Promotion meeting that she did not see a need for a...