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Independent Guestatorial: It makes a village

 The Good Shepherd Humane Society (GSHS) is a non-profit corporation in Eureka Springs that’s more than 40 years old. During that time there have...

Times, they are a changin’

Editor, I wish to correct this gentleman. He refers to the outdated, homophobic classification of homosexuality by the American Psychiatric Association as “a mental disorder.”...

Politics should be unusual

Editor, I wrote this for the Independent back in 2012 right after the Sandy Hook massacre. Four years and countless mass shootings later, it does...

Switchback rumble

Editor, We know the switchback curves of 62 West of town are deadly – recently there were two killed when a truck crossed the center...

Smoking lights up commission

Nicky Boyette - Parks Director Justin Huss pointed out at the June 21 meeting that Parks has a No Smoking policy for Basin Park...

School board, Foundation inching toward agreement

Nicky Boyette - Eureka Springs School Board and the Community Center Foundation moved closer to transferring possession of the old high school property to...

Trailing along with Parks

Nicky Boyette - Parks Chair Bill Featherstone announced there would be a town meeting about trails from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, June 30,...

Problems at the Point

Nicky Boyette - Director Justin Huss told Parks’ commissioners June 21 he has had visitors drive vehicles down a narrow pathway to a clearing...

Parks Director gets what he had coming

Nicky Boyette - Commission Chair Bill Featherstone said last Tuesday that Parks needs a formalized, written policy regarding vacations, holidays and sick leave that...

Council makes no move on Washington parking

Nicky Boyette - Fire Marshal Jimmy Kelley gave council his assessment of whether a section of Washington Street should be a No Parking zone...