Letters to the Editor

We all want the best for our communities, our county. We aspire to have excellent schools, accessible healthcare, and satisfying job opportunities. To see these aspirations become reality, we need reliable data that shows us where we have been, where we are now, and what direction we should go to become a better place for everyone to work, live and learn...

Carroll County Sheriff’s Office would like to give their sincere thanks to everyone for assisting with Carroll County Law Enforcement Appreciation Week. The outpouring of support and donations was amazing. So many times our law enforcement goes unrecognized for all they do and how they put their lives on the line daily for the Carroll County community...

Dear Carroll County Newspaper, Thanks to you and your donation of a free listing, Carroll County Law Enforcement Appreciation Week was a complete success. So many times, our law enforcement goes unrecognized for all they do and how they put their lives on the line daily for the Carroll County community...

Dear Editor, There is a new top dog in my house named Frankie who insists on twice daily walks. This mandate has caused me to discover and use Berryville’s city parks. It has been a happy discovery, especially the Mill Creek Wildlife Park adjacent to the Berryville Community Center...

Tuesday’s primary results I believe were pretty mixed but sent a clear message about Arkansas politics. Voters of this state would rather the establishment continue to lord over them rather than have the courage to choose someone who would give them the freedom to live their lives with minimal government interference.  While the tax happy corrupt governor won by a landslide, sending a clear message to border states like Missouri and Oklahoma that their businesses are safe because citizens of this state will continue to pour across their borders in search of lower taxes and costs.. ...

While Bob Ballinger is out campaigning, Bryan King is out slandering his opponent and literally begging voters to give him his retirement term, a term he absolutely does not deserve for his divisive, factually inaccurate tactics. At the end of the day, one thing is certain as far as public records go, one state representative showed up to do the job he was elected to do and another state senator has not.  Bryan King has ghosted voters for far too long on the important issues facing Arkansas.  As a farmer, Bryan King only cares about one farmer and that’s Bryan King.  If elected, Bob Ballinger will serve the people who he was privileged to be elected by, not dodge votes that end up resulting in excuses being made.  If I stopped showing up for work as many times as Bryan King has in his career, I’d be fired. ...

During the (2017) Arkansas General Assembly we were constantly told to, “telephone your congressman,” “write your legislator,” “talk to your senator.” So, on Wednesday, March 15, I got in my car and headed to the Capitol at 5:00 o’clock in the morning. On that day, a legislative house committee was scheduled to vote on a “do pass” or “don’t pass” on SB373...

My name is Don Offenbaker, and I am the founder and president of the Committee To Stop the Holiday Island Incorporation Committee. In perusing your current article from 4/10/2018, I have noticed the Committee for Incorporation has made several misstatements...

Dear Community, On behalf of People Helping People (P.H.P.), I want to thank you for your generous support with our Fall Letter Campaign. We celebrated 25 years of P.H.P. and are grateful to those who have enabled us to assist people needing help with the purchase of prescription medicine. ...

Now that the reign of tyranny under the dictation of corrupt Sheriff Mayfield will be officially over, consider voting for a real Sheriff, one with a proven track record of accountability and leadership. Sheriff Mayfield chose not to run because his delusions of a grand reputation are finally starting to fall apart. ...

Opinion, Today I would like to share and the sharing is given freely with no expectations of acknowledgment. We here at the moment have choices. We are free to choose as we want but sometimes just attempting to make the choice we are putting ourselves at the risk of being labeled by others who fear to make choices and would do anything to prevent our free will to be expressed.  Here in Eureka Springs I been experiencing a unique situation that is in my experience does not happen unless we cause it to happen. ...

Dear Editor, The Learning Center of North Arkansas would like to send out a Special Thank You to the communities in North Arkansas who have supported our adult athletes. Friday, March 9, 2018 was our 8th Annual Red and Purple Basketball Tournament. We were blessed with the support of a multitude of people in the surrounding communities...

I urge all citizens of Carroll County to contact their elected officials. Dear Justice of Peace of the Quorum Court of Carroll County, Arkansas on this day, March 1, 2018. I request each and everyone on the Quorum Court their immediate attention to seek to “Draft a Resolution” as demonstrated by example: Quorum Court, Boone County, Arkansas February 2018 as noted in the Secure Arkansas news alert: “Extortion in Arkansas Part Two (Trash Tax)...

Dear Editor, In January the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality denied issuing a new permit for the controversial industrial hog facility in the Buffalo River watershed because the application did not include critical information such as a groundwater flow study and emergency action plan. ...