ESH finds a way out of the red
More than 100 rural hospitals in the U.S. have closed in the past ten years, and another 30 percent of rural hospitals are in...
Origin of sludge a mystery
Operators of the Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway recently noticed sludge in Leatherwood Creek downstream from the city’s sewage treatment plant. Public Works...
Planning honing application strategies
The Planning Commission has a current focus on updating and clarifying the city’s requirements for bed and breakfasts or other tourist lodging in residential...
Recovery from tick diseases is a long haul
Even after finally admitting that there is Lyme disease in Arkansas – the last state in the country other than Hawaii to confirm that...
Parks’ gardener doubles as Park’s teacher
Parks’ gardener Denise Pepmiller has plenty to keep up with taking care of 13 city gardens including trash and dog do removal in addition...
Recycled and repurposed clothing gaining traction
It isn’t unusual for perfect strangers to stop someone wearing one of Nora Patterson Viola’s whimsical, colorful, flirty handmade clothing items to ask where...
Fireworks at Leatherwood a ‘Go’
Park Director Justin Huss told CAPC commissioners on May 10 he had presented the idea of having a 4th of July fireworks display at...
Removing English ivy can save the life of a tree
And the thousands it can cost to remove a dead tree
Becky Gillette - On Earth Day instead of planting a tree, arborist Chris Fischer...
Bike trails’ non-impact explained
Eureka Springs Parks commissioner Steven Foster told the Independent that since Parks announced the Walton Family Foundation would be funding new mountain bike trails...
CBWD agrees to increase pH to reduce corrosion
Dwayne Allen, director of Public Works for Eureka Springs, said recent testing results from samples tested by the Arkansas Department of Health indicate that...