Eureka Springs City Council Aims to Pass Mask Mandate

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published July 15, 2020 at 2:08 PM CDT

Left, Eureka Springs City Clerk/Treasurer Ann Armstrong, with Mickey Schneider and Melissa Greene at a July 13 regular city council meeting in the town auditorium.

Eureka Springs City Council met Monday evening to debate the merits of a COVID-19 mask mandate in order to protect townspeople from what some describe as "hoards" of unmasked tourists visiting this summer. A special meeting is scheduled to decide the matter Thursday.

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