HDC pauses on design guidelines

The Historic District Commission held a workshop before the July 6 meeting to gather on Zoom with representatives of the Lakota Group, the contractor...

Layers of protection still suggested in dealing with virus

You sometimes hear people referring to the summer of 2022 as “post pandemic.” Few people are wearing masks indoors or even on airplanes in...

Schools revving up for new construction

The construction industry in this area has seen profound changes in the past year, with spiraling costs for materials and labor. The Eureka Springs...

Food delivery expanding and needs your help

Since April 1, 2020, Answering the Call has been a secular mission managed by the Eureka Springs United Methodist Church that has now delivered...

Swim beaches remain closed due to e. coli levels

The July Fourth holiday saw thousands of people out boating and swimming on Beaver Lake and other local lakes and rivers. But large amounts...

Corporate profits going up, as is homelessness

Gas prices have more than doubled since the beginning of 2021 while the top five oil companies alone—Shell, ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips—brought in...

Infections and vaccines are evolving

In early July the number of active cases of Covid-19 was increasing rapidly in Arkansas going up from 10,141 on June 27 to 11,985...

Adjusting to higher prices

Inflation is making it harder to make ends meet. “We have cut back in ways we never knew we could cut back,” former alderman Laura...

Antiviral medicines could be a ‘game changer’

Arkansas added more than 1,000 new cases of Covid-19 each day for several days before this past weekend, and active cases increased to 10,141...

Hospital optimistic despite hurdles

Commissioners at the June 20 meeting of the Hospital Commission heard mostly promising news about hospital operations, but Covid cases are also on the...