ESI Staff
Department heads submit financial wish lists
Eureka Springs City Council held its annual budget meeting on Dec. 8, where Finance Director Michael Akins went over capital and budgets with some...
Vision Plan not in city budget, but the conversation is not over
The Planning Commission held its last meeting of 2025 last week, and the two-hour session wandered into some discussions of principles and procedures.
Much of...
Hospital gets 2026 budget nailed down despite unknowns
In their last meeting of 2025, the Eureka Springs Hospital Commission approved their 2026 budget. CEO Tiffany Means covered the goals of the budget...
It could’ve been a nightmare, but Wow! It’s a dream come true
Ever wake up in a sweat thinking you’d been called back to finish school? Earlier this month, local filmmaker Byron Thomas rose bright and...
2025: a wrap and a rap
In approximately two weeks the year will be over, and we will have made it through one of the most mind boggling 12 months...
The Coffee Table
The Good American
I am one single old lady needing to feed only myself, my cat, and my dog. But it’s rare that I get out...
From the Back Porch
It once was…
Information sources were standard and believable. Libraries. The card catalogue. The blessed Oxford English Dictionary, the standard for scholarly and accurate information. ...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
It’s the season that we in this country are not sure what to call so that no one’s offended.
Celebrations can be touchy. Scotland banned...
Hall Closets
As a proud and committed ignorer and abhorrer of most mass media and disseminators of such (televisions, smartphones and the like), in this year...
The Reel News
Pictured is Grant from Arkansas, who caught this very nice rainbow with BMFG Robert Kennedy.
Beaver Tailwaters:
Winter is settling into the Ozarks, bringing cold mornings...