Arkansas Parks

The Great Arkansas Cleanup runs every year from the first weekend after Labor Day to the end of October. The start coincides with Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day, honoring U.S. Army Corps engineer Carl Garner, who led efforts to clean Greer’s Ferry Lake.

The 113-year-old Maurice Bathhouse in Hot Springs is set to undergo nearly $32 million in renovations.

The teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas last month pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges.

Statements and DNA evidence point to 28-year-old Andrew McGann as the likely killer of a married couple at a Northwest Arkansas state park.

Police in Arkansas were searching Monday for a suspect in the deaths of a couple who investigators said were attacked while on a wooded walking trail with their two young daughters.

The renovations come as part of several updates and restorations following a devastating March 2023 tornado that damaged much of the park

Some Arkansans working for the National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs were fired as a result of efforts to shrink the federal workforce.

SB 84 would prohibit a state agency from instituting a moratorium on the issuance of permits in a watershed, including the Buffalo River watershed.

Mayor Frank Scott Jr. and city officials unveiled additional plans for park renovations and new sports facilities, as long as citizens vote to increase sales tax.

The commemoration ended with the planting of a Callery pear seedling gifted by the 9/11 Survivor Tree Seedling Program.