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CAPC approves all but one marketing funding
The City Advertising and Promotion Commission heard nine applications for marketing support with one denied and one modified before approval, at the Feb. 26 meeting.
Sharon Lawlor was present to represent the Western Carroll County...
Scout denies it caused dry well
Former County Judge Richard Williams resides on Carroll Road 905, in the immediate vicinity of a wind turbine farm being developed by Scout Clean Energy. He has been a consistent critic of the project....
Wind farm opinions loom over quorum court
Another ordinance targeting a wind turbine project south of Green Forest appeared on the agenda for the quorum court meeting on Feb. 25. Although sponsors pulled the ordinance at the outset of the meeting,...
B&B unit definition enforced by Planning
The Planning Commission had been scheduled to meet Feb. 11, but that meeting was postponed until Feb. 25 because of weather.
Much of last week’s meeting focused on a property at 8 Washington St., owned...
Music a ‘bonding agent’ for all of us
Music is a big part of Eureka Springs life from the annual Music in the Park events, shows at the Auditorium brought to us by LittleWing Productions and others, festivals both in and outside...
Strength comes from roots
The Ozark Chinquapin species was nearly wiped out by blight that started in the 1930s, depriving the Ozarks of a drought-resistant hardwood. Most chinquapins produce few seeds, and last Friday, six blight-resistant seeds donated...
Airport seeks snow removal solution
The monthly meeting of the Carroll County Airport Commission was delayed a week because of snow and ice, and those weather issues arose during the meeting.
The commission had hired a local contractor for snow...
Mayor hypes good State of the City
Eureka Springs City Council’s meeting opened on Monday, Feb. 24 with a State of the City address from Mayor Butch Berry. Berry began, voicing his thoughts on how fortunate the city was to have...
House withdraws offer to run hospital
The Eureka Springs Hospital Commission stated in January that once the ESH got through a Medicare audit, it would consider a proposal from Dr. John House of House Health and Life Sciences, Inc., to...
Former hospital employees speak out at town hall meeting
Two alternative realities were present in Eureka Springs on President’s Day Feb. 17. At the Eureka Springs Hospital Commission meeting, commissioners were praising administrators interim CEO Jodi Edmondson and Chief Financial Officer Cynthia Asbury....
Workplace bullying ‘serious as a heart attack’
Bradley Tate-Green, BA, BS, Ed.D, said there is an urgent need to end workplace bullying.
“First of all, let’s define the enemy,” Tate-Green said. “For the sake of simplicity, a workplace bully is basically anyone...
Council gets new alderman
The majority of Eureka Springs City Council’s Feb. 10 meeting was spent voting on a new member with nearly 30 minutes spent in executive session and then moving to ranked choice voting to elect...
Students eligible for state-sponsored tutoring
The Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education has placed an additional emphasis on making tutoring programs available to students in need. At a Feb. 10 meeting, members of the Eureka Springs School Board...
Canopy NWA needs help to fulfill promises to refugees
The Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is inviting the public to attend a special Feb. 23 service at the church at 17 Elk St. to hear from Khalid Ahmadzai, a native Afghan who has worked in...
HDC pursues education expansion
The Historic District Commission met Feb. 5, and the three applications on the agenda received approval with few objections.
LeRoy and Sally Gorrell’s application to replace and extend a deck at 68 Wall St. was...
Artist wins $100K college scholarship
Leah Fouste is 18 and has already achieved a great deal both academically and in art. Originally from Little Rock, she moved up with her parents, Shira and Shawn Fouste, in 2019 when they...
Singing and fiddling and turning ten
The Heart of Many Ways (HOMW), 68 Mountain St. in Eureka Springs, has been successful on many levels in the past ten years, including holding frequent special events while raising money and receiving grants...
Love in a Cup
Since it’s Valentine’s Day this week, let’s speak of love. When talking of love, we must bring up “the Cup,” a working, reliable testimony of love for our fellow man in Eureka Springs, A...
ESH medical director fired
The latest medical personnel at the Eureka Springs Hospital to report being terminated with no notice or explanation are all the emergency room (ER) doctors—including Dr. Gary Parkhurst, the hospital’s medical director and chief...
CAPC covers late year successes
City Advertising and Promotion Commission Financial Director Ty Reed gave an update during their regular meeting Jan. 29, saying that the balance sheet as of December 2024 showed $1,974,513 in the checking accounts, with...
Off-line fun every week
Each Thursday at Eureka Springs Gaming, located in the line of businesses at the community center, the small game store becomes packed with often more than 20 tweens and teens all eager to roll...
Wind farms dominate busy quorum court agenda
A new year brought a different approach to questions around wind turbines, which have occupied the quorum court for 18 months. At the Jan. 21 meeting, incoming Justice of the Peace Caroline Rogers sponsored...
Schools receive grants for academic excellence
The Arkansas School Recognition Program has given grant money to each of the three schools in the Eureka Springs School District, based upon the scores in ATLAS testing from spring 2024.
Eureka Springs was one...
Basin Park should be shining by spring
The fountain in Basin Park is sinking, along with the foundation. Parks and Recreation Director Sam Dudley said at the Jan. 21 commission meeting they had only received one repair bid, which was from...
ESH maintenance director fired
The latest long-term Eureka Springs Hospital employee to report being terminated unfairly is Becky Burt, the maintenance director who has worked at the hospital for more than 15 years. Burt’s departure means the hospital...
Former hospital employees speak to council, again
Public comments followed a decision by Eureka Springs City Council to remove former Eureka Springs Hospital commission Chair Kent Turner with some of the strongest statements yet by former employees about alleged mismanagement at...
Wood whisperer turns consumers into creators
Doug Stowe is an Arkansas Living Treasure who has lived in Eureka Springs for 50 years and been a woodworker for 49. The process of his woodworking career has flowed from craftsmen/artist to publisher...
Some city decisions about 2024 you might want refreshing on
Eureka Springs City Council faced the ongoing saga of the sewer and water plant lines falling apart and being worked on as the primary focus in 2024. At the beginning of the year, McClelland...
Planning approves continuance of Washington St. LNC
The Planning Commission held its first meeting of 2025 on Jan. 14, and a new slate of officers will preside in the coming year.
Former chair Susan Harman was term-limited, and Fergie Stewart will now...
Hospital commission not likely to consider House’s management proposal
The Eureka Springs Hospital (ESH) Commission has indicated it will not pursue Dr. John House’s proposal to take over management of the hospital that is in turmoil after firings and resignations of a large...
House spells out his vision for ESH
Dr. John House, who owns and operates the Health First Clinic, is a former hospital commission chair and former hospital director. He recently sent the following letter to the hospital commission providing more detail...
