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An off-duty Eureka Springs city employee was killed in a one-vehicle accident last week at Lake Leatherwood City Park. Mark Current, a shuttle driver and park attendant for the Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Department, was killed in the accident on Wednesday, Aug.

No new deaths related to COVID-19 pandemic were reported in Carroll County since Aug. 26, but the number of active cases saw a nearly 13 percent increase according to reports issued by the Arkansas Department of Health on Friday, Sept. 2.

Carroll County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training will be held in Berryville and Holiday Island beginning in late September. Training will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each Tuesday from Sept. 27 through Oct. 25 at the Berryville Fire Department.

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Editor’s Note: Emails quoted in this report have not been edited for grammar, punctuation or spelling. By Scott Loftis SLoftis@cherryroad.com The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission last held a regular meeting with a quorum June 22, a little more than a week before the terms of commissioners Carol Wright and James DeVito expired June 30.

The first-degree murder trial of Jason Helm — one of three Carroll County men accused in the 2018 slaying of Christopher Alvard at his home near Eureka Springs — was abruptly delayed last week in Carroll County Circuit Court.

Seven Carroll County residents have died of complications related to COVID-19 in during August, bringing the local death toll attributed to the novel coronavirus to 115, according to a Aug. 26 report issued by the Arkansas Department of Health.

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It is time to be proactive if you have Reynaud’s disease. It is still pretty hot outside with still a few months to go before colder temperatures come upon us.

Carroll County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training will be held in Berryville and Holiday Island beginning in later this month. Training will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each Tuesday from Sept. 27 through Oct. 25 at the Berryville Fire Department.