Cold weather taking a major toll
The polar vortex that has blasted extremely cold air into the central and southern part of the U.S., including Eureka Springs, is unprecedented both...
SWEPCO drops plans for controlled electric outages
Due to the unprecedented demand for electricity as a result of the long-lasting and most severe winter storm seen in the Central and Southeast...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week Feb. 17 – 23
Forty Days & Forty Nights
With Ash Wednesday (“from dust thou art and unto dust we shall return”), the day after Mardi Gras, we begin the...
From ESI
The Eureka Springs Independent will be closed on Tuesday, Feb. 16. We will be there as soon as we can. We are keeping an...
Emergency shelter available
New Day Fellowship is open today as a day shelter.
Methodist Church is open for day shelter and overnight shelter for women and...
Breaking News: Vaccine supplies resume after a one-month lag
For nearly a month, Smith Drug in Eureka Springs has not received any Covid-19 vaccine supplies from the Arkansas Department of Health due to...
Mayor reviews Eureka Springs’ 141st year
“It was definitely a year like none other in our recent history that we’ve experienced,” Mayor Butch Berry said of 2020 during the State...
Ordinances fast-tracked
In Feb. 8 council business, April Griffith was unanimously appointed to the Hospital Commission, replacing the position vacated by Dr. John House. Griffith is...
Three suspects arrested in Alvard murder
For three years, family and friends of Christopher Wayne Alvard have waited for justice in his 2018 murder. On Feb. 8, the three-year anniversary...
Parks workshop goes over future agenda
The Parks Commission’s Feb. 2 workshop began discussion on agenda items for their regular meeting scheduled for Feb. 16. Interim-Director Scott Miskiel said that...