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The Midwest is full of scenic rivers and lakes that offer fun and safe paddling for those with little or no experience.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS -- If you were kayaking on the Cache River earlier this week, you might have spotted a famous face.

The bridge carrying Arkansas 91 over the Cache River in Craighead County was closed Thursday after inspectors discovered rust and decay on the beams at one end of it, according to the state Department of Transportation.

A routine inspection forced the Arkansas Department of Transportation to shut down a Craighead County bridge for repairs.

A state Department of Agriculture report released Monday found that the levels in Arkansas two most important aquifers are continuing to decline and that the withdrawal rates remain unsustainable.

LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today unanimously approved a change to the 2023-24 duck season dates to the traditional opener, the weekend before Thanksgiving.

In its monthly committee meetings Wednesday in Little Rock, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission advanced regulations to establish three new wildlife management areas, reconfigure non-resident licensing, and resolve a contentious access issue on the Cache River.

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The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Beedeville, Arkansas (“Beedeville”) entered into a February 16th Consent...

I thought I had traveled through or lived in every part of Illinois in my lifetime. I was wrong because I've never been through or lived in a real ancient swamp that exists in extreme southern Illinois.