Covid cases taking off
Arkansas keeps breaking records recently such as hospitals seeing the highest level of Covid-19 hospitalizations since the pandemic began, resulting in only eight ICU...
Hospital reports uptick in vaccinations
Catherine Pappas, community liaison for the Eureka Springs Hospital, said ESH is working to make it more convenient for people to get the Pfizer...
Masks at schools in place for now
The Eureka Springs School district will enforce the same masking policy as last year. The state legislature had passed a law forbidding the imposition...
Potential ways to provide affordable housing considered
The first Big Tent Topic discussion hosted by the Eureka Springs Carnegie Library was July 28, with the topic of affordable housing. Twenty-seven individuals,...
HDC OK with new roofing and making doors into windows
City Historic Preservation Officer Kylee Hevrdjs told the Historic District Commission on August 4 that she had located a consultant to guide the commission...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week Aug. 11 – 17
Humanity as World Servers & Saviors
We are seeing in our world today a “withering of the law,” the old ways falling away, having completed...
Notice
Independent staff of the Eureka Springs Independent work, work, work, so in observance of, well, just being in need of a break, the office...
Moratorium on tourist lodging gathers public support
Thirteen current and one former resident of the Pines Subdivision spoke at Public Comments at the City Council meeting on July 26. Four letters...
Pros and con on school masking
Earlier in 2021, there was hope that with vaccines being free, effective, safe, and readily available, rates of Covid-19 would diminish throughout the summer...
Covid cases surge to February numbers
Cases of Covid-19 in Arkansas continued to climb in late July with new cases July 23 totaling 1,987 and new cases July 24 reaching...