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The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce has narrowed down the candidates for its open director position. On Tuesday morning, the chamber’s board of directors met to interview and discuss the applicants. Chairwoman Cathy Handley said seven people applied for the position, and six of those applicants were locals. She said the chamber narrowed the pool down to three applicants...

The Eureka Springs High School Auditorium was filled with students, scholarships and happy tears at the senior awards ceremony on Friday, May 19. High school counselor Rachal Hyatt said this year’s graduates earned nearly $1 million in scholarships. These scholarships included local awards from businesses and groups and university-based awards...

The Eureka Springs City Council voted on Monday night to rezone 38 Prospect from R-1 to C-3. Planning commissioner Melissa Greene said the planning commission approved the request to rezone the property, which will be used for a bed and breakfast, at a meeting two weeks ago. Greene said the commission agreed to the request on the condition that the property not be used as a restaurant...

The Eureka Springs Historic District Commission approved a new rear deck at 23 Hillside Ave. on Wednesday, May 17. According to the summary of facts, the deck is located over the rear rock garden. Chairman Virgil Fowler said the work was completed before coming to the HDC and asked property owner John Speed why that happened...

A group of local medical professionals has banded together in an effort to bring medical marijuana to town. On Monday night, the group told the Eureka Springs City Council about its plan to open a medical marijuana dispensary in the city. Dr. Dan Bell introduced the group to the council, saying the group includes local doctors, nurses and others in the medical field. Bell said the group is determined to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Eureka Springs to offset opiate overdoses...

Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission chairman Bill Featherstone hopes residents vote to support the parks department’s 0.125 percent tax in June. Featherstone expressed support for the tax on May 16, saying the tax supports Lake Leatherwood City Park. Residents will vote on renewing the tax on June 18, Featherstone said. He said the tax is important, because it benefits the the second largest city park in Arkansas...

The Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission has good news for those who would like to see fireworks in town on the Fourth of July. The commission agreed on May 16 to spend $4,000 on fireworks for the city’s Fourth of July celebration at Lake Leatherwood City Park, scheduled for Sunday, July 2. The cost of the fireworks will be split between the commission and the City Advertising and Promotion Commission...

Photographers from several states swarmed Eureka Springs over the weekend to participate in the Mid-America Photography Symposium. Scott Robert Lim, an international award-winning master photographer, was one of the keynote speakers at the semi-annual event. Lim moved into teaching after establishing a career as a portrait and wedding photographer in Los Angeles. He has also designed and produces his own line of photographic accessories...

Amanda Nettles has joined the staff of Carroll County Newspapers as a summer intern. Nettles began work on Monday and will continue through July. She will be working at both the Carroll County News in Berryville and its sister paper, the Lovely County Citizen in Eureka Springs...

Photo by Sandy Martin These are just a few of the people who honored the women in their lives on Sunday, May 14, at the Bridge of Love in downtown Eureka Springs. Flowers were placed on the bridge to recognize the mothers in Eureka Springs and beyond. Ilene Powell said the event was emotional. ‘So many people brought and bought flowers to honor so many ladies,’ Powell said. ‘Lots of families came out to take pics with Mom. It was very well-received by locals and tourists.’...

Eureka Springs High School is ending the year with a new feature. ALE students finished working on the Butterfly Garden in the last week of school, a project that took months of research, planning and physical work. Junior Melissa Clifton said she wanted to make the back of the school more aesthetically pleasing and thought a garden fit in well there...

While the Eureka Springs Cemetery Commission is not concerned with people turning over in their graves, it is concerned about the possible turnover of three commissioners next year. Secretary and treasurer Bob Thomas addressed the potential turnover at the commission’s meeting on Wednesday, May 17. The commission is made up of five members and three commissioners’ terms will be up in February 2018...

HOLIDAY ISLAND — A quorum of three members of the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District Board of Commissioners — Chairman Dan Kees, Nita Holley and Linda Graves — unanimously passed a resolution putting the community a step closer to possible incorporation during a regular BOC meeting on Monday, May 22. Commissioners David Makidon and Bill Noonan were absent...

Blue Skies Book Study will take place from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, at the undercroft at St. James Episcopal Church at 28 Prospect in Eureka Springs. “Gospel Memories” by Jake Owensby is the current selection of the book study. The discussion of the book is open to all. Rev. Dennis Campbell will lead the exchange. The book is available through Amazon or the Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library. All are welcome...

FAYETTEVILLE — Most forage plants are not well suited for the grazing behavior of horses, said Dirk Philipp, forage researcher for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Unlike cattle, Philipp said, horses have teeth in both lower and upper jaws that enable them to bite off vegetation very deeply...

The American Legion Walker-Wilson Post 9 of Eureka Springs will be holding its annual Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 29 at 10:30 a.m. The service will be held at the American Legion building located at the intersection of Highway 23N and Highway 187. Rev. Jeff Timm of Holiday Island Community Church will be the guest speaker, and there will be a performance by the Holiday Island Singers. All are invited to attend. For information, call 479-330-0728...

North Arkansas Regional Medical Center was awarded the Site Excellence Award at the eighth annual AR SAVES Conference held in Hot Springs on May 11. NARMC was one of four hospitals in Arkansas to receive this prestigious award out of the 51 AR SAVES-eligible hospitals. This recognition is highly valued at the annual conference because it exemplifies commitment, teamwork, skills, and knowledge...

Raschelle Edmondson, daughter of Christie Edmondson and granddaughter of Larry and Marilynn Wolfinbarger, is the Eureka Springs Rotary Club’s Student of the Month for April.  Edmondson, a senior at Eureka Springs High School, will graduate on May 19 after bringing her GPA up to 4.0.  Her hobbies are photography, drawing and make-up.  She belongs to FBLA and AT-TF for film.  Edmondson is on the Lady Highlander Basketball team.  As a young mother, Edmondson believes that working hard and pushing through her studies while caring for her son, Kaden, will help her provide a good life for both of them.  She plans to eventually go to college to study to be a dental hygienist. ...

The Eureka Springs Historic Preservation Society and the Eureka Springs Historic District Commission presented awards to local homeowners and groups on Monday, May 15. The preservation society gave out awards for historic preservation projects completed in 2016. These awards are:...

Eureka Springs Middle School students performed Aristocats, Jr. on Thursday, May 18, at the high school auditorium. Sixth-grade students, Syeney Morreo, Joa Murray, Corbin Danos and Koda Smith all played classic Aristocat characters. Morreo was one of the alley cats in Scat Cat’s posse. Murray played Dutchess, the mother of the kittens. Danos played Edgar, the butler. Smith played O’Malley...

The Eureka Springs High School Drama Department and the elementary school music program will perform Seussical, Jr. at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25, and Friday, May 26, at the high school auditorium. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for students who don’t attend the school district. Tickets are free for Eureka Springs School District students who are accompanied by an adult and preschool age children...

 From June 15-18, Eureka Springs Blues Weekend and Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge are teaming up to host a plethora of seasoned award-winning blues artists and modern blues newcomers. Events will be hosted in Eureka Springs June 15-18, but events at TCWR will only be the June 17 and 18. This all-ages event is ideal for music lovers both young and young at heart. Join us for a weekend of music, food, fun, drinks, crafts and vendors. ...

Photo by Matt Newcomb B’Elanna Ellen Powell will be graduating from Clear Spring School at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 25, at the school.

The American Legion Walker-Wilson Post 9 of Eureka Springs will hold its annual Memorial Day Service at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 29, at the American Legion building located at the intersection of Highway 23 North and Highway 187. Rev. Jeff Timm of the Holiday Island Community Church will be the guest speaker, and there will be a performance by the Holiday Island Singers. All are invited to attend. For more information, call 479-330-0728...

The Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center is located at 202 W. Madison Ave. in Berryville. Lunch is served weekdays at noon. Monday, May 29 Closed for Memorial Day Tuesday, May 30 Chef’s choice Wednesday, May 31 Chicken Caesar salad, cheesy garlic bread, fruit jello and whole wheat crackers...

Photo courtesy of Eureka Springs Historical Museum In honor of graduations taking place across the area, here are a few photos of graduations that took place in days gone by. In the year 1880, there were numerous children of school age in Eureka Springs. They went to school in several locations throughout town...

Drew Howerton of Berryville and Grace Windle of Eureka Springs have been named to the dean’s list for the spring 2017 semester at Harding University in Searcy, the school announced in a news release. Howerton is an exercise science major and Windle is an English major...

Frank Wick will begin a new Bible study at 10 a.m. Friday, June 9, at the Holiday Island Community Church’s Fellowship Hall. The study will run for approximately one hour each week. Everyone is invited to join. The church is located at 188 Stateline Drive...

The ninth annual Art in Opera group show will take place at Opera in the Ozarks Theatre at Inspiration point at nightly performances from Friday, June 23 to Friday, July 21. The artwork is inspired by operas of Mozart, Bizet and Carlisle Floyd. Jewelers Carole Sturgis, Yvonne Creanga and Leigh Valens have created jewelry inspired by opera, with original paintings by Eureka Springs artists Diana Harvey and Larry Mansker being on display as well. ...

Ozark Mountain Revival, a nine-member gospel bluegrass band, will be playing at Faith Bible Church in Holiday Island at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 4. Faith Bible Church is located in the Holiday Island Shopping Center off Highway 23 North by the Holiday Island Post Office. For more information, call 479-363-6636. Leave a message, and your call will be returned...

Winrock International and the Eureka Springs Mayor’s Task Force on Economic Development will be hosting a retail development workshop from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 8, at the Eureka Springs City Auditorium. The workshop will be held in conjunction with Goodman & Associates, LLC and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Institute of Economic Advancement. ...

The Carroll and Madison Library System (CAMALS) has been selected through a competitive application process to be part of “NASA@ My Library,” an initiative to engage public audiences nationwide in informal and lifelong learning with the excitement of NASA exploration and discovery. In spring 2017, more than 500 libraries applied to participate...

Eureka Springs School of the Arts (ESSA) offers a chance to play with your food at the Incredible Edible event from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 4. The event will be hosted in conjunction with the grand opening of ESSA’s new wood studio, where a full slate of woodworking classes for all skill levels will be offered...

Thanks to the Eureka Springs Community Center Foundation, area students have a place to go when the day’s last school bell rings. The foundation has been sponsoring an after-school program since March 27 — where students play outside, work on art projects, complete homework and eat nutritional snacks...

The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission still has an open seat. After a short debate May 10, the commission agreed to wait on appointing someone to Position 7. Commissioner Terry McClung recalled hearing from many applicants on April 12, saying he was happy with how many people applied...

The Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission has big plans for this year’s Fourth of July celebration, and the City Advertising and Promotion Commission is on board. Parks director Justin Huss addressed the CAPC on Wednesday, May 10, saying the parks commission is hoping to have a major event celebrating the Fourth of July at Lake Leatherwood. ...

The Eureka Springs Planning Commission approved a request to rezone 38 Prospect from R-1 Victorian Residential to C-3 Quiet Use Commercial on Tuesday, May 9. Byron McKimmey submitted the request, saying he and his wife want to use the property for a bed and breakfast...

Books in Bloom, the literary component of May Festival of the Arts, will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 21, at the Crescent Hotel gardens. The event brings all kinds of authors to Eureka Springs, including national best-sellers, up-and-coming talents and authors of particular regional interest...

A tight-knit group of quilters is raising money for the Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center with nothing but needles, thread and a passion for their craft. Senior center director Carla Mann said the volunteers hand-quilt some quilts for individual requests and make others for the senior center to raffle off and sell...

Snake World has shed its scales to expand more than once over the past few decades. The exhibit is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and owner and operator Dale Ertel said it has grown and changed since the doors first opened on May 5, 1992. The most noticeable difference, he said, is the variety of inhabitants in the exhibit...

Third Saturday Music in the Park coincides with May Festival of the Arts this month, making for a full day of art and music in Basin Spring Park on Saturday, May 20. Art in the Park will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the park, featuring artists offering textiles, jewelry, painting, sculpting and fine wood designs...

The Holiday Island Elks Club will have a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 27, at the Elks Lodge at 4 Park Cliff Drive in Holiday Island. There will be all-you-can-eat pancakes, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, as well as juice and coffee. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children under 12. Proceeds from the event will help support Elks Lodge 1042 community programs. Everyone is welcome...

An event celebrating the Doughboy restoration will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 24, at Basin Park. The re-dedication of the Doughboy War Memorial will open with the Honor Guard of American Legion Post 9. Mayor Butch Berry will dedicate the memorial, followed by a rendition of the song “In Flanders Fields” by Loretta Crenshaw...

Carroll County’s roads and bridges might have sustained as much as a half-million dollars in damage during heavy rains and flooding in late April and early May, Carroll County Judge Sam Barr told the quorum court on Monday. Barr said he and county road foreman Devoe Woodworth, as well as other road department employees, spent much of Monday surveying the damage around the county in preparation for a Thursday visit from representatives of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management...

Opera in the Ozarks will have a female focus for its 2017 summer season. The nationally acclaimed summer music festival and training program for the nation’s top emerging opera professionals will kick off its summer season in June with nearly two dozen performances of three of the world’s finest operas featuring strong and independent women, each navigating the complexities that accompanied power during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries...

The Eureka Springs City Cemetery Commission will host a Memorial Day Walkabout on Monday, May 29, in the City Cemetery. The walkabout officially begins at noon on Memorial Day with the raising of the flag up to full staff from half staff. The walkabout ends at 3 p.m. with the observance of the National Moment of Remembrance...

Submitted photo The Eureka Springs High School National Honor Society presents a check for $300 to representatives of the Eureka Springs Community Center Foundation. From left are Elizabeth Loudermilk, Diane Murphy, Kathy Remenar, Azziah Brothers and Faith Martin...

Nelson’s on Spring Street in Eureka Springs has increased its size and scope dramatically over the past few months. To celebrate, the store will have a grand opening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 20. The greatest change to the store is the inclusion of the uphill space next door, which is now called Nelson’s Man Land. ...

The Democratic Party of Carroll County will hold a membership meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 5, at the Cattlemen’s Restaurant in Green Forest. All who are interested are invited to attend. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/CarrollCountyDemocrats/...

Jeep Fest returned to Holiday Island for its fourth annual show on Saturday, May 13, with a supercharged lineup including all-new events. The event features perfect weather, hot dogs, barbecue and dozens upon dozens of jeeps. Spectators watch as yet another jeep crunches its way over a pair of battered automobiles...