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The wheels are in motion for the city of Holiday Island to have an advertising and promotion commission on the ballot

Everyone was on the same page when it came to filling two open seats on the Eureka Springs City Council.

Eureka Springs Hospital Commission Chair Kent Turner said he knew getting the estimated $54 to $55 million needed for the expansion of the city hospital “was going to be a task.” Now, it could even be more of a challenge, causing the hospital commission to begin thinking that plans may need to be revamped. At the commission’s monthly meeting on Monday, March 18, Turner told commissioners the hospital’s recent change in designation from a Critical Access Hospital to a Rural Emergency Hospital may change the viewpoint of government officials who might consider helping with funding for an expansion project.

Petitions to put reproductive and educational rights on the Arkansas ballot in November will be available for signing from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23, in the parking lot of the ECHO thrift store at 4004 E. Van Buren in Eureka Springs. All Arkansas registered voters are invited to swing by and sign without having to leave their cars.

Former Eureka Springs parks and recreation director Justin Huss was sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading no contest to an amended felony count of second-degree recklessly endangering safety in an agreement with prosecutors on Monday, March 18, in circuit court in Fond du Lac County, Wis.

Four remaining members of the Eureka Springs City Council will have the task of choosing two people to fill vacant seats at its regular meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, March 25.

Former Eureka Springs parks and recreation director Justin Huss is scheduled to go on trial Monday