Arkansas Parks

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.

Pinnacle Mountain State Park will host public events to help visitors engage in a weekend of community science.

Gov. Sarah Sanders has appointed Dalaney Thomas to serve as director of tourism at the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.

Throughout September, volunteers will be working to collect litter across Arkansas.

During the bill signing event, First Gentleman Bryan Sanders explained the intended outcomes of the new parks and tourism legislation.

$2 million in federal funds will help plan a new park to connect parts of downtown Little Rock bisected by Interstate 30.

City officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday at the new playground in downtown Little Rock's MacArthur Park.