Stories from Wednesday, April 18, 2012

EUREKA SPRINGS -- In an emotion-charged atmosphere Tuesday afternoon, the Western Carroll County Ambulance District (WCCAD) board voted 2-1 to award the new five-year ambulance service contract to Eureka Springs. Commissioners Joe McClung, Jr., from the Eureka Springs rural area and Chuck Olson from Grassy Knob voted in favor of Eureka Springs, while John Dolce from Holiday Island voted for Mercy EMS...

GREEN FOREST -- A Green Forest coach and teacher has been charged with second-degree sexual assault involving a student. On Feb. 16 a report was taken by the Green Forest Police Department that 25-year-old Andrew David Ray had inappropriate contact with a student. An investigation was begun and according to Green Forest Police Chief John Bailey, on Wednesday, April 11, a warrant was issued for his arrest...

BERRYVILLE -- Kristal Kuykendall has been named the new managing editor of Carroll County Newspapers by Bob Moore, CCN publisher. She took the reins of editorial leadership on Monday, following the resignaton at the end of March of Linda Caldwell, who has taken the position of executive director at the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs...

Busy workers burn brush and loose lumber at a home that was demolished by its owners on the corner of Main and Carl streets in Berryville over the weekend. Eddie Keever / CCN

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Carroll-Boone Water District will hold its regular quarterly meeting Thursday, April 19, at 10 a.m. at the Freeman-Raney Water Treatment Plant on Hwy. 187, west of Eureka Springs. On the agenda will be an update of the fluoride study done by engineers McGoodwin, Williams & Yates (MWY)...

CARROLL COUNTY -- State Rep. Bryan King (R-Green Forest) has released a letter he and 11 other state representatives have sent to Gov. Mike Beebe and Allen Bedell, chairman of the Arkansas Forestry Commission, officially stating their opposition to a plan to dissolve the Arkansas Forestry Commission's District 7...

Barrows Excavation has been doing extensive ditch work along Holiday Island Drive in preparation for Carroll Electric to replace an underground service line. Work stretched from a point on Hwy. 23 North across from the Holiday Island entrance up the hill toward the clubhouse. A spokeswoman said that once work is completed there, the company will move to the island proper to continue its maintenance work there...