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The Berryville Chamber of Commerce will hold its 2025 Awards Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Berryville Community Center, featuring special guest speaker Jason Jedamski, founder of Ignite2Unite.

The Holiday Island Community Blood Drive will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13.

Berryville High School Bobcat Drama is in the midst of rehearsals for its fall theatre production of “The Curious Savage.” The play is scheduled to be presented for the public at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14, and 15 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, in the BHS Performing Arts Center.

The City of Berryville has announced its 2025 leaf pickup routes and schedule.

For 34 years, Carroll County’s People Helping People has helped provide prescription medication assistance to county residents from babies to seniors. Working with all pharmacies in the county, this dedicated volunteer organization has literally saved lives. Last year, PHP filled 960 prescriptions at an average monthly cost of $4,000.

The Arkansas Department of Education recently released letter grades for public schools across the state.

Carroll County District 1 Justice of the Peace David Blankenship of Eureka Springs, who had been appointed to serve on the county quorum court in June, died unexpectedly on Thursday, Sept. 25. He was 65.

A special election to decide on a proposed millage increase in the Green Forest School District will be held Tuesday, Nov. 18, with early voting beginning Wednesday, Nov. 12.

A 35-year-old woman was killed in a traffic accident Saturday, Sept. 27, involving a motorcycle driven by a Eureka Springs man.