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State police investigating officer-involved shooting in Eureka Springs

Victim says he was hit from the blindside.

Victim says he was punched from the blind side.

There’s a saying among the LGBTQ+ community in Eureka Springs, Arkansas: “Not even the streets are straight.”  It’s barely hyperbole: Over 30 percent of the 2,000 residents in this Ozark mountain town identify as LGBTQ+. The winding roads are narrow and dizzying, with zero traffic lights; it’s not uncommon to see a confused out-of-towner driving the wrong way up a hill, to the ire of residents and all those that know the Eureka rule: Just park and walk.  In 2012, Eureka Springs beca...

This Small Town in Arkansas Celebrates Pride All Year Round Thrillist 6 hrs ago © JeremyMasonMcGraw.com/Moment/Getty Images There’s a saying among the LGBTQ+ community in Eureka Springs, Arkansas: “Not even the streets are straight.”  It’s barely hyperbole: Over 30 percent of the 2,000 residents in this Ozark mountain town identify as LGBTQ+. The winding roads are narrow and dizzying, with zero traffic lights; it’s not uncommon to see a confused out-of-towner driving the wrong wa...

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 ...