ESI Staff
Womack optimistic about runway funding
The dream of extending the runway at the Carroll County Airport came a little closer to reality after a recent meeting with U.S. Rep....
Council gets an earful in a timely manner
Public Comments took the reins, from former Eureka Springs Hospital employee Richard Webb asking again for investigation because “a lot of good people, former...
JP gets short shrift to bring Scout ‘back to the table’ on fire codes
Although the quorum court specifically exempted an existing wind turbine project in a recent moratorium, the June 17 meeting included another attempt to slow...
Practical garage door solution approved by HDC
At the June 4 meeting of the Historic District Commission, an application was postponed pending a site visit. At the June 18 meeting, commissioners...
Hospital commission hires new CEO
Eureka Springs Hospital Commission voted unanimously on Monday, June 16, to hire CEO candidate Tiffany Means with an annual salary $230,000 and a to-be-negotiated...
Planning for Jamboreeka is in full swing
The June 18 Parks and Recreation Commission meeting was filled with anticipation about Jamboreeka – T-shirts have been ordered, parking mapped out, food and...
A practical way to spend warm Wednesday early evenings
Building Inspector Paul Sutherland will be holding a free, public general contractor’s course at the Carnegie Library. The first class is on Wednesday, July...
Mary Jo A. Rozumalski Oct. 4, 1944 – April 6, 2025
Mary Jo A. Rozumalski passed away April 6, 2025. Mary Jo was born in Milwaukee on Oct. 4, 1944, daughter of the late Ralph...
Back Porch Thoughts
A big D.C. parade. Expensive. Meaningless. Evocative of nothing.
Parades usually mean something, provide joy or energy or create a cohesiveness, a reason for the...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
It’s rich. Deep. Fragrant. Lively. Necessary. Ahh, coffee. Some people have never put a cup of coffee to their lips, but more than 1,000,000,000...