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Fireworks over fireworks dominate council meeting

All aldermen were present for the first Eureka Springs City Council meeting in June with the exception of Mickey Schneider, due to illness, and...

City advised to reject road

In additional Public Comments at Monday’s city council meeting, aldermen and residents discussed the adding Corley to the street system and made no acceptance...

Drilling company cited with violating Clean Water Act

Responding to complaints from several area residents observing activity since October 2018, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality sent an inspector to look at...

Locals voice concern over quarry

About 40 concerned citizens attended a meeting at Rockspire near Trigger Gap on June 6 to learn more about drilling activities next to The...

Drilling being conducted to determine feasibility of quarry

Scott Moore, a development consultant with Legacy Mining Company LLC, says that the company is only doing testing now on about 600 acres of...

Billion dollar tax loophole or a tool for conservation?

About 200 acres of land surrounding its Ozark Southern Stone property in Elk Ranch have been put into a permanent conservation easement donated to...

Elementary school snapping it up for September

Bids for work on the elementary school came in higher than expected, but the Eureka Springs School Board approved just over $400,000 for the...

HDC keeps meeting short and sweet

The Historic District Commission needed just 15 minutes to approve three projects last Wednesday. None of the Level II applications required a site visit. At 2...

Constables on Patrol

June 3 9:50 p.m. – Officers checked on a possibly downed tree on King St. 11:16 p.m. – A suspicious vehicle was reported in a fast...

Creating a stable climate

The climate is out of whack. Extracting, processing, and burning fossil fuels, with never-ending oil wars are irresponsible behaviors. Last week our Royal family went...