Good-bye to a great river?
People in North Arkansas are upset about the new proposal to make the Buffalo National River a “Park Preserve.” Congress is being urged to...
Parks OK with grant money allocation
Eureka Springs Parks Commission gathered on Sept. 7 in a special meeting prior to their regular workshop to discuss matching the funds to an...
Schools re-open after winter bite
Eureka Springs School Superintendent Bryan Pruitt said the schools were closed because of weather Jan. 25 and 26, and from Jan. 30 to Feb....
Ethics questions regarding King’s free trip to Florida
Becky Gillette - Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, was featured in an Arkansas Democrat Gazette article on ethics reform last Sunday regarding a trip...
County doing its best with roads
Monday evening’s Quorum Court meeting dealt with several issues concerning county roads.
During Public Comments, John Buckmaster asked about maintenance on a gravel road....
No quarry mining near Kings River
Neighbors and supporters of the Kings River were alarmed last summer by months-long exploratory drilling for a limestone quarry on 600 acres of steep...
Gardens, volunteers, and money prattle at Parks
Parks gave the official name Spring/Garden Planting Guidelines to a plan gardener Scott Miskiel provided at Parks’ Nov. 19 meeting. Commissioner Steven Foster said...
Planning workshop grapples with codes and regs
Mike Ellis - Prior to the regular commission meeting on May 24, the Planning Commission held a workshop on code terminology, where Chair Steve...
Council lined out on amending land vacation
Alderman Kristi Kendrick had asked for a discussion of rescinding Ordinance 1628, which in 1994 put all unopened streets and alleys under the jurisdiction...
Birds suffer die-offs in unusual winter storms
The extreme cold weather and snow were hard on the local wildlife population. Some residents reported finding dead birds on their porches and in...