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The Carroll County Quorum Court approved an appropriation ordinance of nearly $327,000 at its regular meeting Monday, July 18, to purchase 50 hand-held radios for first responders. The purchase is part of an ongoing upgrade of the county’s emergency communications system.

Our world is changing quickly. Our behavior as a nation has been and is in question by so many throughout the differing countries and here at home.

Another Carroll County resident has died in the past week from complications related to COVID-19. The additional death — included in the July 22 report from the Arkansas Department of Health — raised the local death toll to 106 since the pandemic began.

Five people were transported by helicopter to area hospitals Saturday morning after exhibiting symptoms of possible carbon monoxide poisoning at a Eureka Springs hotel. Gary Inman, assistant chief for Eureka Springs Fire & EMS, said a total of 24 patients were treated after the incident at Stonegate Lodge on East Van Buren Avenue.

A former Eureka Springs city employee filed a civil lawsuit last month against Mayor Butch Berry, finance director Lonnie Clark and human resources coordinator Jerry King, alleging that she was subjected to a hostile and abusive work environment.

The number of active cases of COVID-19 in Carroll County and across the state continue to climb, according to a report issued by the Arkansas Department of Health on Friday, July 15. On July 8, the ADH reported 112 active cases of COVID-19 in Carroll County, the first time in months the number of active cases had topped 100.

Students in the Eureka Springs School District will once again have to pay for meals after a vote by the district board during its meeting on July 11. “Meals have been free the past couple of years,” said district superintendent Bryan Pruitt, “and now we’re going back.

The Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission has taken the first step in repairing and refurbishing historic Basin Spring Park. At a July 12 special meeting, the commission approved a contract with McClelland Engineering for the initial surveying and analysis of the structural issues at the park.

An update on Omicron COVID-19 still includes my original recommendations. Be assured, I am vigilantly keeping up on the recently released COVID-19 information.

Employees at Tyson Foods will soon have access to expanded educational opportunities thanks to a new partnership between Tyson and social impact company Guild. The partnership — funded by a four-year, $60 million investment — will allow Tyson to expand its existing Upward Academy program to include access to more than 175 programs from some of the nation’s top universities and learning providers.