Council untangles trail grant confusion

At Monday’s city council meeting, alderman Bob Thomas reviewed concerns raised at the August 28 meeting about grant funds that Parks applied for, and...

Transit on the fast track

Transit Director Ken Smith told council Monday that the rainy spring meant a slow time for trolley riders, but by mid-June ridership was better,...

Comments at council pillory Planning

Bob Jasinski picked up where he left off at the previous council meeting, saying it appeared Planning wanted to completely ban tourist lodgings in...

HDC goes digital; not fine with fines

Before its Sept. 6 regular meeting, the Historic District Commission convened an hour early for another workshop. Commissioners have held other workshops this summer...

Expert explains how to keep visitors coming back

Sixty-one Eurekans showed up at the Auditorium for three presentations of First Impressions, a workshop focused on making a positive first impression with visitors...

Humming right along

Every April, ruby-throated hummingbirds begin arriving in northern Arkansas after a long flight from Central America. For most of them, the journey will have...

Oh Joy! Motel back in the family

The Joy Motel, which was known as Camp Joy when it was constructed by Ray and Chloe Freeman in 1929, was only the second...

Bad flooding brings good Samaritans

As Irma was taking aim at Florida, the goodhearted folks of Eureka Springs were responding to the devastation Hurricane Harvey left in Texas as...

Short trip that will be remembered for a long time

We left Northwest Arkansas at 5 p.m. Friday, arrived in Nacoqdoches at 12:30 a.m., headed for Conroe by 7:30 and arrived around 9:30 a.m. The...

Art attacked

On August 29, as near as anyone can tell, six trees at the North Main Music Park lost their crochet art covering. It’s a...