ESI Staff
Holiday Islanders tell it to the judge
Residents of Holiday Island packed the courthouse in Berryville on the morning of Feb. 23 as points were presented for and against incorporating their...
Hospital land purchase gets go-ahead
At Monday evening’s Eureka Springs City Council meeting, aldermen considered a proposed ordinance approving the Hospital Commission’s purchase of three lots adjacent to existing...
HISID paving the way for incorporation
At its Feb. 20 meeting, the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District Board of Commissioners discussed what it will encounter as residents attempt to become...
Illegal rentals? Tell the mayor
At Monday’s Eureka Springs City Council meeting, alderman Melissa Greene, who had previously asked about posting signs on properties where rooms are rented illegally,...
Paying down bonds gets bogged down
City Attorney Tim Weaver had drafted a proposed ordinance stipulating, “That the Finance Department is hereby directed to continue payments at this time on...
Grant funds diversion under the microscope
City Attorney Tim Weaver explained at Monday’s council meeting that he had prepared a draft ordinance according to council’s request requiring approval if grant...
Nuts and bolts of improving an improvement district
District Manager Lawrence Blood told HISID commissioners last Wednesday that Stateline Drive had significant problems and needed a four-inch overlay from Venus Ave. to...
City finances ‘looking good’
Mayor Butch Berry told city council on Monday that 2018 is the first time he remembered city finances beginning the year in the black....
HDC back to full strength
New commissioners Judy Holden and John Nuckolls faced an easy agenda for their first Historic District Commission meeting Feb. 21 as six commissioners wasted...
The threat to world peace
Donald Trump made me think about world peace. He is preparing for nuclear war against North Korea. Trump asked his generals, “Why can’t I...