ESI Staff
How to put out a fire
The Democratic primary is suddenly booming frontpage news. The new question is not, “Will the real ant-Trump please stand up?” but, “How do we...
Sonic maneuver questioned
Editor,
On February 11, the Eureka Springs Planning Commission approved plans for a Sonic at the corner of 62 & 23 South. This was done...
HDC approves deferred ventures
The Historic District Commission meeting on Feb. 19 began with two deferred applications, which had appeared on the previous agenda when no one attended...
Quorum Court defies state assessment
Poultry farmers face a sharp increase in the assessed value of their buildings and equipment, and the quorum court passed a resolution Monday in...
Funding for pickleball considered
Pickleball courts were the focus of the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District Commission meeting Monday morning. Community members rallied for support to improve the two...
Recycling refresher
Eureka Springs has a unique and free garbage collection program designed to encourage recycling and reduce the waste that goes into a landfill. Landfill...
Constables on Patrol
February 17
8:13 a.m. – A two-vehicle accident on the west edge of town required a report.
11:36 a.m. –A man pulled over at a traffic...
Polluters getting breaks
Editor,
Successful polluters know slow and steady degradation will often go unnoticed until real damage becomes impossible to ignore. So when our country’s National Environmental...
Oligarchy: Government in which power is invested in a few
Editor,
Although unusual and even somewhat shocking, there is one oligarch who often speaks truthfully in public: home-grown billionaire Warren Buffett. To quote him: “Sure there...
The high cost of corruption
Editor,
If you were up early Monday morning, around 2 a.m., you could watch two corrupt leaders cheer each other with 110,000 other cheerers to...