March 2023

Three-day weekends will be the new norm for students and staff in the Green Forest School District starting next school year. The Green Forest school board voted 5-1 at its regular meeting Monday, March 13, to move to a four-day school week starting in the 2023-24 school year.

Berryville School District Superintendent Owen Powell recently updated the district’s board of directors on the LEARNS Act signed into law by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

The agenda was light, but public opinions were heavy at the March 13 meeting of the Eureka Springs City Council. The first item of new business originally on the agenda was the “Review of 1 Washington St as a Nuisance Structure.” That property was damaged by fire in March 2022, displacing seven residents.

Bids for the construction of a new cafeteria for elementary and middle school students in Eureka Springs came in much higher than Superintendent Bryan Pruitt anticipated. Pruitt gave the school board an update on the process at its regular meeting Monday, March 13.

Submitted photos The Awana Grand Prix Races were held Wednesday, March 15 at Woodland Acres Camp Gym in Green Forest.

Tired of all the potholes in your driveway? Or has all this season’s heavy rain washed out your drive so much that you need a fourwheel drive to reach your house? Carroll County Stone has your solution!

Landmark Missionary Baptist Church at 200 S. Springfield in Berryville will host a special service at 6:30 p.m.