HDC gives nod on exact location of shed

Nicky Boyette - There was only one item on the March 16 Historic District Commission agenda. Rod Slane wanted to place a pre-fabricated shed...

Schools procure bus, more coming

Nicky Boyette - Superintendent Bryan Pruitt announced at the March 17 school board meeting a new 77-passenger school bus arrived the first week of...

Parks attention directed to Leatherwood

Nicky Boyette - Interim Director Donna Woods reported Parks has operated for a month with only two full-time and one part-time staff. They will...

Spring group tackles runoff

Nicky Boyette - Jim Helwig of the Springs Committee said at the March 15 Parks meeting that if the city had it to do...

Tree harvesting has a double-edge

Becky Gillette - Some people who hike and do other recreation in the Madison County Wildlife Management Area located south of Eureka Springs off...

Bleachers on the horizon for soccer fields

Nicky Boyette - Justin Ermert told Parks commissioners at their Tuesday meeting he would construct bleachers along a sloping embankment at the soccer field...

Parks has optimistic To Do list

Chair Bill Featherstone enumerated ten top projects in his annual State of the Parks address at the March 15 commission meeting Hire a new director...

Helping others

ES Rotarian Cathy Handley and her husband, Larry (at projector), joined Blessman Ministries of Iowa on a mission trip to South Africa. They presented...

Public airs concerns at Quorum Court

Nicky Boyette - Virginia Pozza told Justices of the Peace at Monday’s Quorum Court meeting she asked for county help after a flood a...

Chronic wasting disease – can it affect you?

Becky Gillette - Recent discoveries of one elk and one white-tailed deer in Newton County with chronic wasting disease (CWD) have elevated consternation that...