Eminent domain on the table for wind farm

Scout Clean Energy has proposed a $300-million Nimbus Wind Facility in rural Carroll County and stated that it has all the leases from willing...

Forest Service plan raises hackles of Buffalo River advocates

The non-profit Buffalo River Watershed Alliance (BRWA) has raised objections to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Robert’s Gap Project to manage a 40,000-acre tract...

Ranger touts forest burn benefits

The Ozark-St. Francis National Forest Big Piney District Robert’s Gap Project would have many benefits including a “wide variety of needed treatments which would...

Council trashes yellow bin bags

With a 5-1 vote, alderman Harry Meyer being the only dissenting vote, Eureka Springs City Council decided on Monday to scrap the yellow trash...

Sidewalk to get a re-redo

Some people have referred to the new sidewalk on US 62/West Van Buren between Nuttin’ Fanci and Nelson’s Funeral Chapel as “the sidewalk to...

HDC approves new home motif

The Historic District Commission met Dec. 6, with a bare quorum and a light agenda. Commissioners only had one item to consider. William and Amanda...

Schools busy before break

With little more than a week remaining before the holiday break, the Eureka Springs School Board met Monday night. School will close after Dec. 19,...

Quorum Court rejects moratorium on wind facilities

In August, the quorum court narrowly rejected an ordinance that would have created setback requirements for wind turbine towers. Last week, a larger majority...

City focusing on waterworks

City wastewater system was back in discussion at the Monday, Nov. 27, Eureka Springs City Council meeting with Public Works Director Simon Wiley giving...

Parks eyes Basin Park projects

Basin Park and its budget was the main topic at the Nov. 21 Parks and Recreation meeting. Earlier this year, the City Advertising and Promotion...