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Two four-plex townhouse units to be built near downtown and aimed at helping the city’s need for housing options got a stamp of approval from the Eureka Springs Planning Commission. At its regular meeting on July 9, the planning commission voted 4-0 to approve a request from Terry McGuire to build the eight townhouses at 2 Judah St., on a piece of property located just north of Legends Saloon.

Holiday Island is in the market for a new fire chief.

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.