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A Eureka Springs resident faces multiple child porn charges

The Eureka Springs School Board’s brief meeting on Monday, July 8, included a vote to approve a resignation that superintendent Bryan Pruitt calls “big news.” In the 13-minute meeting, the board voted to approve the resignation of Jason Hill, who has been a skills and trade instructor and sponsor of the school’s award-winning SkillsUSA program for the past 10 years. “We did accept the resignation, which is kind of big news, of Jason Hill,” Pruitt said.

The long-debated Spring Street Residential Parking District ordinance is no more.

Commissioner of State Lands Tommy Land has announced that his office will auction tax-delinquent parcels located in Carroll and Madison counties

Their effort to place a constitutional amendment and initiated act aimed at protecting and preserving the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act on the Nov. 5 ballot had fallen “just short” of the required number of signatures while collecting the necessary number from the required 50 counties, indicating broad support and a strong organization.

Eureka Springs Hospital has received more than $2.2 million in funding from the State of Arkansas. Gov.

Efforts to open a gun shop in the city have once again been denied

The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission held a series of special meetings

Eureka Springs Times-Echo The executive director of the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission is back while two members of the commission, including controversial chair Chris Clifton, and the finance director have resigned after a whirlwind of drama-filled meetings. During a special meeting held Friday, June 28, the commission reinstated executive director Mike Maloney, who had been suspended with pay on June 14 pending an “investigation.” “While there are some challenges we have discovered, our staff is again fully engaged to do our jobs for Eureka Springs,” Maloney said in an email to the Times-Echo on Tuesday, July 2.