Critters are amazing
Every town should be so lucky to have a “Jim Critter!” During the holidays, when everyone is so busy rushing around Christmas shopping, preparing a feast, or getting ready for houseguests, a few donate...
Honesty is wisdom
I am Mike Welch and have applied to fill retiring Autumn Slane’s Ward 1 Position 1 seat on city council. I was unopposed and due to be sworn in on Jan. 1.
I received a...
We’re not done, either
We have been living and ministering in Eureka Springs for 14 years. My wife Pam and I visited here in the late 1980s and fell in love with this little town nestled in the Ozarks.
In...
Dear Senator King
My husband, Dave Spencer, and I are very troubled by the new law that Gov. Sanders recently signed into law: A bill that bars transgender people from using school restrooms that do not align with the...
Current Opinion
Hot air in Carroll County
The wind generators at Scout are spinning at full blast. Last week they announced their Nimbus industrial wind installation is in “full construction.” Well, at least on their laydown yard,...
American Insights
Country Before Party
On the evening of Wednesday, December 13, 2000, the Vice President of the United States addressed the nation from his ceremonial office near the White House. “Just moments ago,” Al Gore began,...
Setting it straight
On the front page of the Oct. 23 Eureka Springs Independent was a cutline “Take a Stroll Back in Time,” mentioning “Richard Thompson who started the Ozarka Bottling Company…” The cutline should read that...
Carroll Electric proposed deforestation
Carroll Electric has a project planned for Rockhouse Road to install a 3-phase feeder line that involves the cutting of hundreds of trees from The Hills of Keels Creek to the end of Rockhouse...
Power of the politician.
I’ve asked people why don’t you go downtown Eureka Springs to eat, because of the tax, why don’t you go to downtown Eureka Springs to shop, because of the tax. It doesn’t surprise me...
Feeding families is first-rate
Boy Scout Troop 67 begins the annual Scouting for Food Drive this weekend by placing bags on the front doors of residences in the Eureka Springs area. This is a major drive of the...