ESFD overcomes obstacles at home fire
Marcia Yearsley credits neighbor Abraham Phillips with critical support in responding to a fire that ravaged a home at 6 Hazel St. where her...
Historical calendar, the backstory
In 1977, CS Bank Chairman John Fuller Cross was on his way to Wyoming on a hunting trip and noticed a calendar on the...
Local heading to the Maldives on Fulbright Scholarship
Jerry Hembd, Ph.D, is known about town because of his involvement with the Master Gardeners and Master Naturalists programs that provide education and training...
Characteristics of co-housing and where it works
Both Eureka Springs homes where I have lived are very close to the road with kitchen windows where you see people passing by about...
Vulture ‘explosion’ leaving its mark
The vultures that roost primarily in Fuller Hollow near Harmon Park during the winter have caused controversy over the years. They can damage the...
Vultures – despised and admired
The Maryland Farm Bureau (MDFB) put out a press release earlier this year announcing that producer permits for the control of black vulture depredations...
Council nipping at parking district specifics
Forty-five minutes of council’s Monday, Dec. 12 meeting was spent discussing the parking district on Spring Street, with the second reading deferred until the...
School board rolling along on buses
The last 2022 meeting of the Eureka Springs School Board played to a small audience, with only an Independent reporter in attendance. The three...
HDC approves steps replacement and steps demolition
After eight years on the Historic District Commission, much of it spent as Chair, Steve Holifield attended his final meeting last week. He will...
Out with the old…
Volunteers and church members at A Cup of Love Ministry tore the place apart after church services there on Sunday morning, and everyone was...