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Eureka Springs Times-Echo The Holiday Island City Council has passed the final hurdle in a project that has spanned many months in establishing license fees and requirements for businesses in the city.

Eureka Springs Hospital will host a Town Hall meeting focused on the hospital’s new Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Eureka Springs Auditorium.

The Inspiration Point Rural Fire Department Auxiliary will host a pancake breakfast fundraiser on Saturday, March 2, at the fire department at 31 Ozark Automotive Road in Eureka Springs. Breakfast will be served from 8:30 a.m.

In a significant transition that marks both an end and a beginning, the storied War Eagle Mill has been acquired by Mark Hall, previously owned by Elise Roenigk. This change of ownership, which took effect Feb. 16, opens a new chapter in the mill’s long and cherished history, with the War Eagle Food Group continuing under the separate ownership of Sam Sputo.

The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission received a January electric bill of $4,500 for The Auditorium, an amount that interim director Mike Maloney calls “the biggest electric bill we’ve ever had.”

The Eureka Springs City Council has been left with two vacancies after the sudden resignations earlier this week of David Avanzino and longtime member Melissa Greene. One of the two, however, may not be gone for long.