BOZA OKs a tight fit

In April 2023, Planning Commission Chair Susan Harman raised the possibility of building houses on smaller lots. She suggested adopting a floor-area ratio to...

ESPD grilled on equipment purchases

At Monday’s Eureka Springs City Council meeting questions were raised about the police department’s purchase of a “sniper rifle” and other equipment. Whether the...

Council waits on state to decide water dilemma

The Eureka Springs City Council meeting on Monday became spirited and quarrelsome while discussing wastewater meterage. Brian Wright, owner of Kettle Campground, said that after...

Local woman re-infected with Lyme after 18 years

Ronna Wickersham, one of the owners of Granny’s Place in Eureka Springs, usually has enough energy to work 12 to 20 hours a day....

Housing Inspections 101 class next week

The City of Eureka Springs will hold a workshop at 5 p.m., Wednesday, June 28, at the Auditorium to explain property inspections for all...

City focusing on waterworks

City wastewater system was back in discussion at the Monday, Nov. 27, Eureka Springs City Council meeting with Public Works Director Simon Wiley giving...

HDC OKs collapsing structure demolition

Members of the Historic District Commission had no objection at the March 6 meeting to an application to remove a collapsing structure at 1...

Actively taking on political entropy

Like many people, Eureka Springs resident Betty Adkins was stunned and upset about the unexpected results of the presidential election in 2016. “Everybody woke up...

They came, they saw, they painted

C.D. White - Boy howdy, did they! They came from around our region and from as far as Illinois, Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina,...

First suspected case of COVID-19 in Arkansas

At a press conference live streamed March 11 on Facebook, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) announced the first presumptive positive case of coronavirus...