This Week’s Independent Thinkers

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota has had it up to here with oil companies and their “just one more pipeline” attitude....

Smoking by the campfire at Leatherwood could be outlawed

Parks Director Justin Huss addressed Eureka Springs City Council Monday evening about a No Smoking policy being proposed for city parks. He passed around...

Update

Holly Williams, 44, who wandered away from her sister’s home near Black Bass Lake at 10 a.m. Tuesday was found at a friend’s house...

Searchers scour Black Bass Lake area for missing woman

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office alerted media at 6:30 this evening that 44-year-old Holly Williams was missing near County Road 1190, an offshoot of...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week Aug. 17-24

Leo Wears a Lion’s Skin Each of the 12 Labors (zodiacal signs & Gates) of Hercules is a story about the Soul and the personality....

Barefoot farmers making an imprint

For new farmers’ market vendor Kris Gilstrap of Barefoot Farm, growing food organically is not just about special techniques used to grow vegetables, it...

Going hog wild after wild hogs

Doug Stowe and Jean Elderwind have taken a big bite out of the local feral hog population. The couple, who live near just north...

Hospital Commission sitting on its nest egg

During his treasurer’s report, commissioner Robert Walling told the Hospital Commission Wednesday it had in its various accounts a total of $2,310,000. He added...

B&B potpourri draws a crowd at Planning

Ten citizens attended the August 9 Planning Commission meeting to hear discussion regarding suggested updates to City Code related to Bed & Breakfasts, and...

Ambulance service gets on ballot

The second and third readings of an ordinance establishing an ambulance service improvement district in the eastern district of the county, assessing a 2.5...