ESI Staff
Dropping a Line
Well, it seems surface temps are too hot for shad to stay active on the hook again, so we got a bait that will...
“I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Blues” – Elton John
Souothern plantation blues music is a story of soul, a triumph of the human spirit over suffering when the slaves of the Seep South...
Parks survives council censure
At the May 29 Eureka Springs City Council meeting, a warm Tuesday afternoon, discussion inside the Auditorium got hot. At one point, alderman David...
Free Parking
The world is not black and white. It is filled with rainbows of color and nuance. The Southern Baptists have taken a first step...
Debt – to be free or not to be
In Public Comments at the May 29 council meeting, Eric Knowles asked why the city was so determined to become debt-free. He wondered if...
Parking spaces on Washington could get nixed
Fire Chief Nick Samac and Fire Marshal Jimmy Kelley showed up at the May 29 city council meeting for a discussion of restricting parking...
Council preps for moving to Aud basement
Mayor Butch Berry told city council May 29 that he had spoken with representatives of an elevator company about options for an elevator or...
Dam road reopens
The road over Beaver Lake Dam, closed for a couple of weeks twice this summer to facilitate repairs, was reopened last weekend after the...
Itching to get outside?
As spring melts into summer in our corner of Arkansas, we are bound together as one because we’ve been outside. Therefore, we itch. Our...
Barn brims with backstories
The Barn at Holiday Island has 80 years of history, and in that time different stories have emerged about who owned it and when.
Cornerstone...




