ESI Staff
CAPC mum about reasons for suspension
At a special meeting on June 14, the City Advertising and Promotion Commission suspended Tourism Director Mike Maloney indefinitely, with full pay, pending an...
Parks readying for big 4th
The Parks and Recreation Commission is got down to planning Jamboreeka for July 4th at Lake Leatherwood City Park. Director Sam Dudley assured commissioners...
Student reading and math numbers up
Public schools in Arkansas used a different provider for standardized tests during the past school year. The new testing process led to some changes...
Streambank stabilization a local and national quandary
State Senator Bryan King is continuing efforts to address the causes of the degradation of the Kings River, the Buffalo River, the Mulberry River...
American Insights
A Bolt from the Sky
Seated at his desk in the afternoon, the president was fatigued. His right hand swollen and trembling from three hours...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Maybe if someone had warned us about the dangers of plastic, we’d still be drinking Coke in returnable glass bottles.
Maybe if someone had warned...
HavingREELFun
The Dick family from Kansas has been fishing Beaver Lake on Father’s Day weekend for 3 years. The family looks up Patrick Forseth, owner...
The Dirt on Nicky
Garlic on the mainline
On my rocky hillside, purslane begins to sprout hither and thither in garden beds about the time garlic leaves turn yellow...
Hall Closets
The circus came to town,
and I guess it must have stayed.
It’s like an endless parade… Warren Haynes
College athletics are in the toilet these daze...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week June 19 – 25, 2024
Sun in Cancer – Summer’s Gate Opens (Northern Latitudes)
The Sun enters Cancer Thursday, June 20 and it’s summer solstice (northern latitudes)! Summer begins when...