Absentee voting procedures
Absentee ballots can only be dropped at Berryville Courthouse. Each ballot must be accompanied by that person, with a photo ID. In-person drops must...
Hospitals relying on each other
Eureka Springs and Holiday Island have a large number of residents who are over 60, and a number of people who are over 80....
JPs shuffle meeting times
The quorum court met Monday night with a very brief agenda. Justices of the peace had already held a special meeting on Jan. 4...
Speeding toward the marina
Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Aaron Ingle told commissioners on Monday that there were 175 police calls at Holiday Island in June, including six...
Hotels persevere on health precautions
The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa and Basin Park Hotel have announced that in light of the dramatic increase in Covid cases in Carroll...
Esprit de corps among politically savvy youth
On Jan. 9, the Democratic Party Carroll County, in collaboration with the Republican Party Carroll County and Eureka Springs Indivisible, hosted an awards celebration...
Dementia not necessarily genetic
You’ve probably heard certain things about dementia: That there are four distinct types, and that dementia is mainly inherited. That thinking is changing.
Alzheimer’s Disease,...
Politics trumped by perseverance
Last week’s Independent included an article about the retirement of Circuit Clerk Ramona Wilson after 22 years in office. For most of those years,...
HavingREELFun
Loving this weather, but what does it do for fishing? Different kinds of fish react differently to certain kinds of weather and air pressure.
Fish...
CCSO 2019 activity at Holiday Island
Cpl. Aaron Ingle of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office provided the year-end activity report for Holiday Island at Monday’s meeting. Ingle said there were 2,001...