Arkansas updates some Covid-19 mandates
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Feb. 26 that some Covid-19 public health mandates that carry fines and other penalties for violations have been changed to...
More than 800 vaccinated in the past week
Eureka Springs has been something of a Covid-19 vaccine desert with a miscommunication resulting in the Smith Drug not receiving the allotted 100 vaccines...
Couple thought stimulus debit card was junk mail
Local artist Cathy Harris is warning other people to be cautious about throwing away a debit card for the $600 coronavirus stimulus check from...
Couple glad to be vaccinated
Retired RN Alece Carrigan and her husband, Gary Milzarek, have been cautious since the Covid-19 pandemic started in March 2020.
“We have been very sheltered,”...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week March 3 – 9
Neptune, the Dissolver, Making Way for the New Era
We continue in the sign Pisces (month & progressed U.S. Sun is 15 degrees Pisces), last...
Burnett to sit on CAPC
Patrick Burnett was unanimously appointed to the CAPC at the Feb. 19 meeting, and approved by city council on Feb. 22. Burnett and his...
Mayor answers storm response questions
A Tuesday morning email exchange between this reporter and Mayor Butch Berry regarding storm preparedness answers some questions:
ESI: How did the city handle the...
Council gives nod to Burnett, ordinances and sidewalk safety
At Monday’s city council meeting aldermen ratified the appointment of Patrick Burnett to the City Advertising and Promotion Commission, with one abstention. Alderman Terry...
Quorum Court disperses pandemic relief money
Carroll County received $865,000 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to reimburse the county for expenses related to the Covid pandemic....
Birds suffer die-offs in unusual winter storms
The extreme cold weather and snow were hard on the local wildlife population. Some residents reported finding dead birds on their porches and in...