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Thursday, April 15, 2021 File photo The Eureka Springs City Council on Monday night approved a much-debated ordinance regarding the use of face masks in the city. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson lifted the statewide mask mandate two weeks ago, saying that many entities, including businesses, government offices and schools, would make their own decisions about requiring masks to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Mayor Butch Berry said on Monday night that the number of those infected with t...

Thursday, April 8, 2021 An emergency hearing has been scheduled for April 23 in a lawsuit involving the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission. The hearing scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, April 23, at the Carroll County Western District Courthouse in Eureka Springs will focus on questions regarding the removal of Greg Moon from the CAPC. Then-CAPC chair Carol Wright declared Moon’s seat vacant after a vote at the commission’s Jan. 27 meeting, but the lawsuit argues that the co...

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 Patrick Burnett, who was appointed to the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission last month, has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed against several of the commissioners as well as the mayor and his chief administrative assistant. Eureka Springs attorney Tim Parker confirmed Tuesday that he has filed a supplemental complaint adding Burnett as a defendant in the lawsuit. Parker filed the suit March 10 in Carroll County Circuit Court on behalf of...

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 File photo The Eureka Springs City Council heard from University of Arkansas representatives about alternative methods of policing on Monday, March 22. Kim Stauss, chair of the university’s school of social work, presented information on community policing with her colleague Mark Plassmeyer. Stauss said the school of social work has been working with the Fayetteville Police Department to gather quantitative and qualitative data on the types of police work that social wo...

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit are CAPC finance director Rick Bright, group sales coordinator Karen Pryor, former publicist Gina Rambo, former events coordinator Tracy Johnson and former commissioner Greg Moon. Defendants are Berry, Stryker, CAPC commissioners Jeff Carter, Carol Wright, James DeVito, Melissa Greene and Harry Meyer, the city of Eureka Springs, Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company and State Auto Mutual Insurance Company. Both Greene and Meyer are members of the Eureka Springs City...

March 24 is International Tuberculosis Day. In the midst of a global virus pandemic, why is this significant? Because it was 100 years ago that Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin of France announced the success of the BCG vaccine in preventing the tuberculosis disease.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 File photo The Eureka Springs City Council is showing support for a proposal to add sidewalks and bike paths to Pivot Rock Road and East Mountain Street. Council member LauraJo Smole presented the proposal at the council’s most recent meeting, on Monday, Feb. 22. Smole suggested appointing a committee including planning commission members to conduct a feasibility study. From there, Smole said, the committee would present its findings to the council. Smole also suggeste...

Thursday, February 25, 2021 The Eureka Springs City Council is showing support for a proposal to add sidewalks and bike paths to Pivot Rock Road and East Mountain Street. On Monday night, council member LauraJo Smole presented the proposal. Smole suggested appointing a committee including planning commission members to conduct a feasibility study. From there, Smole said, the committee would present its findings to the council. Smole also suggested including a representative from the Eureka Spr...

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of reports about the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission. Emails quoted in this report have not been edited for punctuation or spelling. The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission considered a motion to vacate the seat held by Greg Moon at its Jan. 27 meeting. Although then-commission chair Carol Wright declared the seat vacant after a roll call vote on the motion, she never actual...

Thursday, February 4, 2021 The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission isn’t currently hiring a special events coordinator. At the commission’s regular meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 27, a discussion about the 2021 budget ended with a motion to wait to hire a special events coordinator and to form a committee to address special events in the meantime. Commissioner Melissa Greene kicked off the discussion about the budget, saying the commission shouldn’t have approved its 2021 ...