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Worms in winter
A word about earthworms – wiggly.
There are worms in most all non-glacial, non-ice-covered areas of Earth. Even in deserts. How did they...
Elaine Louise Ballance-Wurmnest March 12, 1958 – Nov. 24, 2023
Elaine Louise Ballance-Wurmnest – Lany – arrived on this earthly plane to Richard and Shirley Ballance in Gibson City, Ill. on March 12, 1958....
Eminent domain on the table for wind farm
Scout Clean Energy has proposed a $300-million Nimbus Wind Facility in rural Carroll County and stated that it has all the leases from willing...
Forest Service plan raises hackles of Buffalo River advocates
The non-profit Buffalo River Watershed Alliance (BRWA) has raised objections to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Robert’s Gap Project to manage a 40,000-acre tract...
Ranger touts forest burn benefits
The Ozark-St. Francis National Forest Big Piney District Robert’s Gap Project would have many benefits including a “wide variety of needed treatments which would...
Council trashes yellow bin bags
With a 5-1 vote, alderman Harry Meyer being the only dissenting vote, Eureka Springs City Council decided on Monday to scrap the yellow trash...
Sidewalk to get a re-redo
Some people have referred to the new sidewalk on US 62/West Van Buren between Nuttin’ Fanci and Nelson’s Funeral Chapel as “the sidewalk to...
HDC approves new home motif
The Historic District Commission met Dec. 6, with a bare quorum and a light agenda.
Commissioners only had one item to consider. William and Amanda...
Schools busy before break
With little more than a week remaining before the holiday break, the Eureka Springs School Board met Monday night.
School will close after Dec. 19,...
Quorum Court rejects moratorium on wind facilities
In August, the quorum court narrowly rejected an ordinance that would have created setback requirements for wind turbine towers. Last week, a larger majority...