Smithland Locks News Today

Careful planning and collaboration allowed the Louisville Engineer District to complete repairs at a busy lock more quickly than expected.

Mr. Jim Blake Lloyd, 85, of Elberton, husband of the late Martha Sue Hayes Lloyd for 62 years, passed away on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, at Arbor Terrace of Athens

Friends and coworkers from the Louisville Engineer District remembered Jackie Lee Anderson on April 27 with the christening of a vessel named in his memory.

The U.S. Coast Guard recommended that industry partners lower their draft in the Ohio River below Smithland, Ky., after at least three groundings.

On the 25th anniversary of the 1997 Ohio River flood, the National Weather Service has created a website to memorialize the event.