Health and students’ breakfasts

Editor, Have you heard of the Breakfast in the Classroom program at Eureka Springs Elementary? In my opinion, it’s bonkers. The program, as I understand it,...

City streets not cleared fast enough

Editor, The anticipated snow, icy sleet began on Sunday afternoon, January 29, and fell steadily through the rest of that day & Monday, turning colder...

It’s a dog’s world

Editor, There are so many things we appreciate about Eureka Springs (don’t even get us started on how much we love the Independent each week!) ...

Improvements happening, more needed

Editor, On Sunday, Kei and I visited Good Shepherd Humane Society to meet with a few folks about implementing a native plant focus there. After...

Fuel tax exorbitant for electric car

Editor, I am now the very happy owner of an electric car. It’s powerful, quiet and can get 300 miles or more on a full...

Explosively marvelous 4th parade

Editor, There are other people who deserve more recognition than I for making the 4th of July parade possible. First of all, the parade committee, Crystal...

I sent this to Senator Boozman

Why do you continue to avoid your own constituents? You refuse to hold Town Halls and when Arkansas citizens make the effort to come...

Need access to puppy mill reports

Editor, Do you have any idea what goes on in puppy mills? Owners make huge sums of money off the caging of female dogs and keeping...

Vote Tuesday! Schools deserve good boards

Editor, The forgotten election: Eureka Springs School Board. Do school boards seem boring and irrelevant? Not so fast. The voting public elects their board of...

Is growth considered management?

Editor, How should Lake Leatherwood City Park be managed to best suit the needs of the residents of Eureka Springs? Twenty-three years have passed since...