And thanks for printing this after deadline

Editor, I was arrested on Thursday, March 14 by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. I would like to thank several people who work at the jail First,...

What’s wrong with what’s right?

Just read in our paper that Mike Welch cannot serve on our city council because of a 50-year-old conviction for pot. Come on, Eureka council,...

Aldous Huxley called it

The outrage is coming so fast that yesterday’s outrage is supplanted by today’s. Our government is being dismantled so quickly that it’s hard to...

Good manners are appreciated

I attended my first Eureka Springs City Council meeting on January 27.  I have no shame in confessing that I am a dull person. After...

Actions have consequences

Recent news states that the USA would like to absorb Canada as the 51st state. Last year’s poll of the ten best cities in the...

Fireproofing

Hello World, and particularly to the thousands of burnt-out survivors in California; please, pass the following information about just how easy it is to build...

Critters are amazing

Every town should be so lucky to have a “Jim Critter!” During the holidays, when everyone is so busy rushing around Christmas shopping, preparing...

Honesty is wisdom

I am Mike Welch and have applied to fill retiring Autumn Slane’s Ward 1 Position 1 seat on city council. I was unopposed and...

We’re not done, either

We have been living and ministering in Eureka Springs for 14 years. My wife Pam and I visited here in the late 1980s and fell...

Setting it straight

On the front page of the Oct. 23 Eureka Springs Independent was a cutline “Take a Stroll Back in Time,” mentioning “Richard Thompson who...