ESI Staff
11 trees get the ax
The April 14 meeting of the Planning Commission began with a public hearing for the transfer of a Conditional-Use Permit at 2 Armstrong St....
Students being prepped for spring tests
At the March meeting of the Eureka Springs School Board, Elementary Principal Clare Haozous explained a new standard for promoting students from third to...
In and out at HDC
The Historic District Commission might have set a record for brevity with an 11-minute session on April 15. The only pending application appeared on...
Hospital chipping away at clarifying financials
During their monthly commission meeting on April 20, Eureka Springs Hospital CEO Tiffany Means explained with CFO Doug Hoban that they were unable to...
American Insights
The Long National Nightmare
It was a partly cloudy day in the nation’s capital when, at noon on Friday, August 9, 1974, Washington’s most powerful...
From the Back Porch
Like a tortoise, I have carried things from town to town until, now, the last town. Boxes, papers, a few folders saved just because...
Dinner for Six
Will Wright is owner of the Palace Hotel and a committed vinyl-phobe who has lived in Eureka Springs for the past 4 years.
How...
The Dirt on Nicky
Almost time for cucumbers
The Sassafras Hill Cucumber Consortium gathered for a quick confab regarding where to plant cucumbers this season. Members sat beneath a...
The Coffee Table
Pop and the Pope
After I explained to a new friend that I grew up without religion—hence it’s not really a part of my life—she asked, “So...
The Reel News
Catch of a lifetime
On Tuesday evening, April 7, 2026, 12-year-old local angler Lucas Di Giulio experienced what many fishermen spend a lifetime chasing —...