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When students in the Eureka Springs School District return to class on Monday, Aug. 14, they’ll only need to take an empty clear backpack.

Holiday Island is close having its own space for city offices. In a pair of recent meetings, the Holiday Island City Council has voted to approve the leasing of office space at 5 Forest Park Drive, formerly home to a branch of First National Bank of North Arkansas (now Bank of 1889).

An attorney representing a Eureka Springs business owner whose application for a conditional use permit to operate a gun and pawn shop was denied by the Eureka Springs City Council filed a complaint Tuesday in Carroll County Circuit Court seeking a reversal of that decision.

Eureka Springs Hospital now offers speech therapy to improve communication and quality of life for patients living with Parkinson’s disease.

Eureka Springs Masonic Lodge No. 386 and veterinarian Anthony Pike will present a rabies and microchip clinic from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 22, at the corner of Harvey and Tower streets in Eureka Springs.

Nonprofits in Carroll County can go now apply online for Fall Giving Tree Grants through Carroll County Community Foundation, an affiliate of Arkansas Community Foundation. The online application must be submitted by Aug.

Water rates in Eureka Springs are one vote away from a 25 percent increase. With little discussion, the Eureka Springs City Council voted 5-1 at its July 10 regular meeting at The Auditorium to approve the second reading of a proposed ordinance that would increase the water portion of utility bills for all residential and business customers.