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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.

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A jury trial began Tuesday morning in Eureka Springs for the first of three defendants accused in the 2018 killing of a local man trial. Jason Hartley Helm is charged with first-degree murder and cruelty to animals in connection with the death of Chris Alvard, whose body was found in his home near Eureka Springs.

Eureka Springs City Council member Bill Ott will pay the city $1,000 to settle a lawsuit Ott filed in 2021. The city council approved the settlement agreement at its regular meeting Monday night.

After a week of no reported local deaths attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Arkansas Department of Health reported three more Carroll County residents had died from complications related to the novel coronavirus, bringing the local death toll to 112.

Editor’s Note: Emails quoted in this report have not been edited for grammar, spelling or punctuation. Carroll County Judge Ronda Griffin vetoed an ordinance approved by the county’s quorum court that would have rescinded the position of major in the sheriff’s office.

An Arkansas Municipal League attorney filed a response last week on behalf of Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry and other city officials, asking a judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by a former city employee.

Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Director Scott Miskiel has announced he is stepping down at the end of the year to spend more time with family. Miskiel, who was first named interim director in October 2020, made the announcement at the Aug.