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Thursday, April 29, 2021 A disputed vote to remove Greg Moon from the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission was the center of discussion at a two-hour hearing Tuesday morning in a lawsuit challenging Moon’s removal. Carroll County Circuit Judge Scott Jackson presided over the emergency hearing at the Carroll County Western District Courthouse in Eureka Springs. Moon’s removal is just one of several issues raised in the lawsuit, which local attorney Tim Parker originally filed March 10. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Moon, CAPC finance director Rick Bright, group sales coor...

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 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 the virus is going down locally but other regions of the country are seeing a surge in cases. Butch Berry “I th...

Thursday, April 22, 2021 City officials named as defendants in a lawsuit centered around the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission have responded to the complaint, asking that the suit be dismissed. Eureka Springs attorney Tim Parker filed the suit on March 10 in Carroll County Circuit Court on behalf of Greg Moon, CAPC finance director Rick Bright, group sales coordinator Karen Pryor, former interim executive director Gina Rambo and former special events coordinator Tracy Johnson. Defendants in the lawsuit are Eureka Springs mayor Butch Berry; his administrative assistant ...

Thursday, April 22, 2021 The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission won’t be funding postage for the Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce’s annual visitor guide. At the commission’s regular meeting on April 14, chamber representative Devin Henderson presented a marketing support fund request for $5,000 to pay for postage. Henderson said the chamber is expecting to mail out 20,000 copies of the print guide, with the digital guide already available on the chamber’s website. “That amount doesn’t really cover all that postage, but it sure does help out,” Henderson said. “...

Tuesday, April 13, 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 commission didn’t have the authority to remove Moon and also lacked the required number of votes to d...