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Construction on phase one of the lift-enabled Mena Mountain Bike Park Project from Arkansas State Parks is underway. Part of the broader Trails at Mena initiative, it will create a lift-served mountain bike park connecting the Ward Lake area to …

As state leaders move toward designating Blanchard Springs Caverns as Arkansas’ 53rd state park, a quieter but equally significant chapter of the caverns’ history rests in a climate-controlled room inside Lyon College’s Mabee-Simpson Library in Batesville. Years before the state …

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary Shea Lewis on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Forest Service that begins the formal process of designating the Blanchard Springs Caverns Complex as …

Feature image above: Photographed (from left to right): Mary Wood, public and legislative affairs officer for the Ouachita National Forest and the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest; Dr. Cathi McMahan, Arkansas Tech University professor of tourism; Ben Cross, Pope County judge; …

It has been a decade since Rep. French Hill traded a successful corporate career in the Natural State for the jungles of Washington, D.C., politics, and the ninth-generation Arkansan has made the time count. Representing the Second District since 2015, …

The University of Arkansas has received a $300,000 federal grant from the U.S. Forest Service to advance the state’s forest economy by developing innovative wood construction products and creating new business opportunities. Faculty from the Fay Jones School of Architecture …

Randy Kelley was in his deer stand near Camden 22 years ago when he spotted an 8-point buck and two does feeding nearby. He watched for a moment and then saw a female feral hog with piglets attack the buck. …

  Summer always brings back memories of my family’s road trips to Petit Jean State Park and other adventures around Arkansas. Whether I was in the back seat as a kid or driving my own daughters, there was always a …

Wildfires out west have been in the headlines for weeks, and today I’d like to share some news about state and federal responders from Arkansas who are out there fighting them. These firefighters are among Arkansans (and Oklahomans) who have …