Local connection to SSA
This is the 91st birthday of when Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act – August 14, 1935. He and John Nance Garner were...
Return to 6 o’clock news
If you want AETN to return the PBS NewsHour to 6 p.m., call AETN at (501) 682-4198 and state your views. I called and...
Talk or listen, but be there
Voice your opinion on 1% Carroll County tax at the Carroll County Quorum Court Meeting, 5 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, in the Berryville Courthouse.
This...
Every Constituent Counts
At a recent Carroll County Quorum Court meeting, JP Jack Deaton stated that the Court is reluctant to accept offers of help from citizens...
After the Methane — Renewable Gas, Same Nutrient Problem?
Last week, this column asked a basic question about the proposed anaerobic digestion facility near Green Forest in Carroll County: What exactly is being...
What exactly is being built near Green Forest?
Outside the city limits of Green Forest, Arkansas, a proposed poultry litter-to-biogas plant has prompted an important discussion about how this type of development...
Excellence takes sincere and intelligent effort
I would like to praise Eureka Springs Hospital for their outstanding emergency abilities in a critical situation.
On Saturday, April 26, at approximately 9 p.m.,...
What a 1 percent tax can do
When I first became mayor, I knew I was inheriting many responsibilities. One of them stood above the rest. Our aging water and sewer...
Simple way to be counted
The Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) has received a Request for Exemption for the Triple Oak Power facility in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
The quorum court...
Why trout numbers are down, what it means for anglers, and how we’re adapting
For generations, the Beaver Tailwaters below Beaver Dam have earned a reputation as one of the finest trout fisheries in Arkansas. Every year, anglers...