Timothy Schram

The Eureka Springs City Council has taken the first step in implementing a 25 percent increase in the water portion of utility bills

Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry contacted members of the city’s Historic District Commission by email in mid-September after some commissioners were critical of the city’s decision to settle a lawsuit brought by city council member Bill Ott.

The death toll for Carroll County residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic remained at 116 as of Friday, Sept. 23, and the number of active cases continued to fall, dropping to 52.

Scott Loftis, managing editor for Carroll County Newspapers, lodged a formal criminal complaint with Carroll County prosecuting attorney Tony Rogers on Sept. 21, the day after the Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission appeared to violate the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act by holding an executive session to discuss the parameters of its search for a new executive director.

The Eureka Springs Historic District Commission has given the green light for the destruction of the “purple house” that will pave the way for the planned expansion of Eureka Springs Hospital. The HDC voted 4-1 at the Sept.

Eureka Springs Hospital Clinic will reopen and offer primary care starting Monday, Oct. 3, at 25 Norris St., across from the hospital.

The public is invited to a community summit beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, at The Auditorium to meet Katherine Andrews, Arkansas’ director of outdoor recreation. Andrews leads a new state office dedicated to growing economic development through outdoor recreation. Andrews had previously served since 2016 with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission as a project manager and later the director of small business and entrepreneurship development. The Outdoor Recreation Office is part of the Arkansas Parks, Heritage and Tourism Department and has a 10-person advisory board appointed by the governor.