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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.

Eureka Springs Hospital will host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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SEPT. 30 Flu shot clinic The Carroll County Health Unit in Berryville will hold a free flu shot clinic from 8 a.m.

Please note this is a previously published column that I have been asked by many to make available again. Here is the original.

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.

Suellyn Fry is the first recipient of the Carroll County Quorum Court’s Person of the Year award. The quorum court approved a resolution at its regular monthly meeting on Sept.