Eureka Springs Independent

Carroll County saw 5,281 ballots cast in the March 3 primary this year with a 31.29 percent of total voter turnout. Breakdown of ballots cast were 4,268 for the Republican Party, 876 for Democratic...

On Feb. 26, candidates running in the Republican Primary had an opportunity to speak to the public in a candidate forum sponsored by the ES Chamber of Commerce. Attending the event were State Senate...

Alderman Susane Gruning said during Monday’s city council meeting that after reflecting on the sidewalks plan presented two meetings previous, she wanted to clarify that it was not her intent to revamp the sidewalk...

Justice of the Peace Caroline Rogers has proposed an explicit process for bringing public complaints to the quorum court, and last week she raised the issue again. At the Feb. 17 quorum court meeting, Rogers...

At the Feb. 23 meeting, Eureka Springs Hospital CEO Tiffany Means covered the revenue cycle of the hospital from patient registration to billing. Means told commissioners the cycle was the most fragmented she had...

After a half-hour workshop on sidewalks and an hour-long workshop on the city’s vision plan, the Planning Commission still had the stamina to complete the regular meeting on Feb. 10. Commissioners have discussed both issues...

The Feb. 20 meeting of the Carroll County Airport Commission featured a light agenda, and commissioners were excited to spice up that meeting with a discussion about the possibility of working with the City...

At the Feb. 18 meeting, the Historic District Commission considered an application for a project that had already begun. Commissioners considered the application from Steven Mongeau, at 10 Eugenia St., who asked to remove...

Let’s say you want to grow your business or attract new followers to your message. But even though you have a website and a Facebook page, not much is happening beyond the same faithful...

Over the past 3 years, there have been numerous votes that would have altered the trajectory of Carroll County for future generations. Each vote is listed by Date, New Business Wording, Sponsoring Justice of...

Eureka Springs City Council met Monday Feb. 9, reconvening after the snowstorm cancelled their last meeting. In public comments, several residents of Owen, Mountain, and Elk streets raised complaints about the lack of snow...

Illness has taken a toll on Eureka Springs students, especially in the elementary and middle school grades. In their reports to the school board Monday evening, Elementary Principal Clare Haozous and Middle School Principal...

Primary elections are scheduled for March 3, and early voting begins Feb. 17. Among other decisions, Carroll County residents will choose a Republican candidate for county judge to face Democrat Jim Wallace in the...

From the time she was 15 and helped carry deceased ER patients to the morgue at the Nebraska county hospital where she worked, and throughout the next 45 years including 28 as a Registered...

Director Gene Flake presents: I Do! I Do! The dinner theater will be showing Upstairs at the Grotto, Feb. 19-22. Proceeds benefit The Purple Flower – Carroll County’s only lifeline for survivors of domestic...

A special meeting was held on Friday, Jan. 30 to approve the city’s 2026 budget. Aldermen Terry McClung, Harry Meyer, David Avanzino, and Steve Holifield were all present. Finance Director Michael Akins affirmed there...

The Jan. 13 meeting of the Planning Commission featured a light agenda, but the meeting lasted well over an hour, as commissioners ventured into several areas of concern. Those topics included sidewalks, an improved...

Fuel problems dominated the Jan. 16 meeting of the Carroll County Airport Commission. E-mails sent to pilots demonstrate the on-again, off-again history of the fuel pump at the airport in the past two months. As...

A Eureka Springs man narrowly avoided an ejection from the Jan. 20 quorum court meeting. County Judge David Writer had ejected Eric Scheunemann from a quorum court meeting in November 2023. Scheunemann had appeared at...

The Eureka Springs Hospital Commission’s January 19 meeting heard CEO Tiffany Means explaining issues with hospital financials. Means said that years 2023–24 were where issues with hospital finances began. She said she and interim CFO...

Much of the Jan. 21 meeting of the Historic District Commission dealt with one application, and the decision of commissioners left the applicant “astonished.” Marcia Yearsley had received approval at the Jan. 7 HDC meeting...

City Advertising and Promotion Commission’s Wednesday, Jan. 14 workshop was a review of a draft of the 2026 budget, which will need to be approved at the CAPC’s regular meeting on Jan. 28. The 2026...

After a substantial break for the holidays, city council reconvened on Monday, Jan. 12, for a budget workshop and the first regular meeting of the year. With a full month having passed, the agenda...

Commissioner Debbie Davis will preside over the Historic District Commission for the coming year. The other members elected her as chair on Jan. 7, and Dee Bright will serve as vice-chair. Susan Daniels will...

Alderman Rachael Moyer asked at Monday’s city council meeting what hospital financial documents were used as a basis for the 2026 budget. “A combination of looking at where we were in 2025 and Tiffany ...

At the Jan. 12 meeting of the Eureka Springs School Board, members reviewed the annual facilities’ master plan, done each January. Director of Operations Rick Mann said the new kitchen and cafeteria serving the...

Anyone who’s enjoyed the company of a mouse in the house knows that by the time you see one, there are more waiting to be discovered. Figuratively, that’s also true in Rebecca J. Becker’s...

As are we. The Eureka Springs Independent staff knocked heads together over the holidays and settled on a new way to do business. January 14 is the beginning of a grammatically daunting but physically relieving...

The final 2025 meeting for the CAPC on Dec. 18 mostly concerned reports from Finance Director Ty Reed and Tourism Director Mike Maloney. Reed reported that bank accounts for the CAPC were at $1,680,000 with...

The final quorum court meeting of 2025, held on Dec. 16, featured a series of resolutions and some year-end ordinances. The meeting ended with some praise for the county’s elected officials. Justice of the Peace...