ESI Staff
Green Forest schools welcome language variances
In a rural town of fewer than 3,000, the mix of cultures in the Green Forest School District is certainly unusual. In addition to...
Civility is an art form
How have we come to this point where civility is replaced by obnoxious hate speech with only conjecture used in place of evidence? We...
The Coffee Table
On the Wrong Side
I subscribe to a major national newspaper that I peruse daily. But some days (often) I can’t stomach much. When the proverbial...
From the Back Porch
Stone soup redux
Do two people looking at the same thing see the same thing? Do stories we carry from generation to generation mean the...
The Reel News
Pictured are Keith and his son, Jacob, from Kansas, with a 2-man limit of trout. They both fished with Austin Kennedy of Busch Mountain...
Hall Closets
Back in the early 2000s, two of my favorite URLs were geekfest.com and woopig.net. Both were message boards that provided platforms for peeps (anonymously...
The Dirt on Nicky
Since you asked
Speaking of garlic, I visited my friend Betsy who lives in a tree on the next ridge over to ask about the...
Esoteric astrology as news for week September 24 – 30, 2025
Libra, Autumn, Archangels & Season of Forgiveness
Thursday, September 29, is Michaelmas, Feast of the Archangels. We begin with St. Michael the Archangel, guide and...
Draft budget gets the once-over at CAPC
At the Wednesday, Sept. 10 workshop, the City Advertising and Promotion Commission started 2026 budget talks with Finance Director Ty Reed presenting a draft....
Citizen throws shade on proposed tree cut
Members of the Planning Commission heard some criticism from the public about a decision made in August that granted permission to remove a maple...