Activists re-sounding alarm on climate crisis
About 35 people gathered in front of the Carroll County Courthouse in Eureka Springs Friday, Sept. 20, braving pouring rain to demonstrate in solidary...
City entering into solar development
City council met Monday night and Mayor Butch Berry invited John Coleman, regional director for Entegrity Energy Partners of Fayetteville, to present a proposed...
Oktoberfest gets ED
City council unanimously approved its second temporary Entertainment District application Monday evening, authorizing an ED “operation for Center Street for OktoberFest on October 19 from...
Sales tax revenue down
Finance Director Lonnie Clark provided city council with the financial report for August at Monday’s meeting, with the General Fund showing a net loss of...
Green Forest city and schools planning big savings by going solar
Al Larson with the Eureka Springs School Board has “Green Forest” envy. He said it’s brilliant that the Green Forest School District and the...
Carroll Electric willing to test for EMFs
The Eureka Springs Independent was recently contacted by a reader who said she has electromagnetic frequency (EMF) sensitivity and was concerned about moving to...
Approvals abound at HDC
The Historic District Commission split over a request last week for extension on a project. Jack Yeager had received HDC approval for remodeling at...
Parks doing fall maintenance and planting
The Sept. 17 Parks meeting started with just enough commissioners for a quorum. Commissioners Draxie Rogers, Steven Foster and Ruth Hager were not present...
FOIA fulfillment necessary and time consuming
Commissioner Christian Super gave a quick rundown on the Parks Master Plan process for the public at the Sept. 17 meeting, saying that they...
Fat Tire Festival costs pushed to workshop
Commissioner Dave Hartmann opened discussion of the Fat Tire Festival last Tuesday with concerns that Parks had taken up the work of running the...