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October is Free Coat Month at the Mercy BerryvilleAuxiliary Thrift Store on Main Street in Green Forest. Through a partnership with the Green Forest United Methodist Church, the thrift store is offering one free coat per family member while supplies last.

The Carroll County Health Unit in Berryville will hold a free flu shot clinic from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30, as part of the Arkansas Fights the Flu program sponsored by the Arkansas Department of Health.

Members of the Eureka Springs City Council were surprised to learn that some electronic devices examined as part of a lawsuit against the city’s advertising and promotion commission were “wiped clean” before being inspected by an out-of-state forensics company.

The Eureka Springs City Council’s stamp of approval on a recommendation by city attorney Forrest Jacobi to settle a lawsuit filed against the city by council member Bill Ott has drawn the ire of the city’s historic district commission.

No new deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic were reported in Carroll County for the second consecutive week, but the number of active cases showed a marked increase, as did community transmission numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A Kansas man died Saturday, Sept. 10, after he lost control of his motorcycle on U.S.

Initial plans to expand the Eureka Springs Hospital have hit a bit of a speed bump. At its Sept.

Wow, a monster burger with double cheese and double bacon is being offered by a national chain and found right here in Arkansas. We Arkansans, both young and old, collectively have one of the highest rates of Type 2 diabetes in the United States. The long-term effect of this imbalance is profound and — if not corrected — devastating. Fortunately, Adult Onset or Type 2 diabetes is preventable or manageable with dietary, exercise and lifestyle change. Behavior change is never easy but can be done if practiced long enough. For those who cannot make the necessary lifestyle changes, prescribed drugs are available, though some simple supplements can be extraordinary.

The Abendschone chapter of the Arkansas Daughters of the American Revolution commemorated the signing of the U.S. Constitution with Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry, who read and signed a proclamation in recognition of Constitution Week, which is Sept. 17–23. Joining Berry for the signing were DAR Recording Secretary Margaret Scobee, Vice Regent Sharon Lawlor and Regent Terri Herman. On Sept. 17, the Abendschone Daughters plan to ring the bell in Basin Spring Park at the exact time the U.S. Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1787.

At the request of an attorney representing the defendants in a civil lawsuit connected to the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission, a digital forensics firm collected computers and other electronic devices from the CAPC office for examination in November 2021.