Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the catastrophic fire that destroyed the landmark Majestic Hotel, Hot Springs city officials are under pressure to find someone to build something on the now-vacant 5-acre property.
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Hot Springs Sister City Program, principals in the program, city leaders and elected officials gathered Sunday at the newly established sake brewery, Origami Sake, in Hot Springs to raise a toast to the agreement with their counterparts in Japan.
The bravery shown by two Hot Springs police officers during a mass shooting that followed a local high school graduation and the kidnapping of a local teenager, two incidents that drew national attention to Hot Springs, were among the top newsmakers of 2022.