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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 the virus is going down locally but other regions of the country are seeing a surge in cases. “I th...

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

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 CAPC finance director Rick Bright, group sales coordinator Karen Pryor, former interim executive di...

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 workers can help with. “Every community is different and we just wanted to … be a resource for you ...

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 Council in addition to sitting on the CAPC. Bright, Rambo, Johnson and Moon are seeking compensator...