The taxes to be levied by Union County on real and personal property owned by residents in 2023 will only be higher for those residing within the El Dorado School District s boundaries, per an ordinance passed Thursday by the Quorum Court.
It shouldn t surprise that when we took the exit off U.S. 167 at Calion (near El Dorado) that in the five or so mile drive to Four R Marketing, we saw five pump jacks producing some of the last barrels of oil the fabled Smackover formation has to offer. It s also fitting that the curvy drive through neighborhoods and hollows is nestled in the south Arkansas backwoods criss-crossing the Ouachita River.