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The Reel News
Pictured is Joy Kennedy with a very nice 5 lb. Channel Catfish, caught with Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service
Beaver Tailwaters
Fishing conditions on the White...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Kahlil Gibran wrote, “Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky. We fell them down and turn them into paper, that we...
Esoteric Astrology as news for July 1-7, 2026
Esoteric, Occult, Spiritual Purpose for the Founding of the United States
Dear Readers, this week the United States celebrates its 250th birthday – the...
Council OKs TED trial period starting July 1
The Eureka Springs City Council meeting on Monday, June 22, housed quite a crowd. The agenda included discussion of a 90-day trial period for...
City retail and food sales up
Eureka Springs City Council held a budget review workshop, followed by a regular meeting on Monday, June 8. During the budget meeting, Finance Director...
Roundtable on PED tabled
Alderman Susane Gruning opened the discussion of a 90-day trial period for the proposed Social District, nee Permanent Entertainment District, at the June 8...
Students test well; truancy dropping
Results have come back for third-grade students taking standardized Atlas tests, and Eureka Springs students outscored most other schools in the 17-member educational co-op....
Hospital services up, finances still a hurdle
The Hospital Commission’s Monday, June 15 meeting was mostly an update of ongoings at the hospital. CEO Tiffany Means covered the new Survival Flight...
When a dream became a plan that became an attraction
In 1967, Gerald L.K. Smith wrote a book, The Miracles on the Mountains, a 76-page work focusing on building the Christ of the Ozarks...
Entertainment requires deeper thought
This push led by the Chamber of Commerce to create a permanent entertainment district has gone too far and is getting in the way...