Hope springs up

Dear Eureka Springs, On behalf of myself and my campaign staff (me!), I want to thank you, the citizens of Eureka Springs, for electing me...

Independent Guestatorial: 84% Fact Free

A big takeaway of the 2016 election is that facts are no longer relevant in American politics. Thanks to social media, FOX news, talk radio,...

World-champion bar band, Earl and Them, at Chelsea’s Friday; Eureka House Concerts hosts Bill...

Earl Cate has been playing Arkansas for 40 years when not jamming with The Band, Van Morrison, Bo Diddley, Neil Young and them. Chelsea’s...

Diamond deception

“What the eyes see, the ears hear, and the mind believes.” – Harry Houdini Misdirection is a form of deception in which public attention is...

Independent Guestatorial: Teachers still exempt from overtime pay

It is an early Christmas present from President Obama. For years, many white collar American workers have been forced to work long hours without...

The Devious Diamond Creek

You can step over a brook, jump over a creek, wade across a stream, and swim across a river. “The Arkansas Flood of 1927 was...

Wolftoon

The Day after

Joyce Kilmer would agree

Editor, In response to Richard Waxenfelter’s letter about trees, all I can say is “I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as...

Halloween was a huuuge success

Editor, Halloween on White Street was a huge success, proving again that Eureka Springs is the place for good old-fashioned family fun. Head counts vary...

Independent Guestatorial: If we’d done this is 2006 it would be finished now

There is a lot of discussion about the 1% sales tax proposed to rebuild the infrastructure and to repay the $800K that has been...