City Budget adjustments for 2023

A list of budget adjustments made for the 2023 fiscal year in Res. 849, passed unanimously at city council on Monday. In Revenues, Disbursing...

Downtown drainage tunnel still an issue

Recently a concerned citizen visited the ESI office and provided a preliminary report from McClelland Consulting Engineers titled “Main Street Storm Drainage Tunnel” which...

No wind farm talk at quorum court

The quorum court met May 21, with nothing on the agenda concerning proposed wind turbine south of Green Forest, an issue that has dominated...

Planning examining codes, cuts and crypto mining

At the April 9 Planning Commission meeting, discussion was primarily the need to review the city’s zoning map. Kyle Palmer, the city’s director of...

Hmmm

Painter Jody Stephenson’s well-trained eyes are scanning a potential People’s Choice pick during the closing juried show and awards reception on May 26 at...

Selfies with Big Foot at Leatherwood

Multi-media artist Stephen Feilbach had sent Parks commissioners a rendering of his seven-foot tall Big Foot sculpture that he proposed to install at Lake...

Heart of Eureka reaching 120 bpm for CAPC

Travelers Hall, the meeting room behind Travelers Inn, was packed on Tuesday morning with more than 50 residents and business owners discussing efforts to...

Counselor outlines coping skills

You might think that people with existing mental health conditions or troubled relationships could find the coronavirus pandemic particularly difficult. But Jillian Guthrie, LCSW,...

Does windfarm project need a state permit?

Some opponents of the $300-million Nimbus Wind Facility proposed by Scout Clean Energy on County Roads 904 and 920 south of Green Forest have...

Bark Park nipping away at storm damage clean-up

Parks Director Sam Dudley opened the June 18 meeting saying the Bigfoot in the Park event on Memorial Day weekend went over well, however...