Lake Hamilton gets 2022 BFL All-American
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Major League Fishing announced today that the 39th annual BFL All-American will be held on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Ark. in 2022. The tournament, scheduled for June 2-4, will showcase some of the nations best weekend anglers and award the winner up to $120,000 cash.
The three-day, no-entry-fee-championship hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs is the sixth All-American to be held in Hot Springs a record for the most times a city has hosted the event. It will provide an estimated $1 million economic impact to the region.
Man mining for engagement ring material finds 2.2 carat diamond during cross-country quest TODAY 1 hr ago Gina Vivinetto and Francesca Gariano
A Washington man made the discovery of a lifetime when he found a two-carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
Since Christian Liden was in the eighth grade, he knew that he wanted to hunt for his own gemstones and do something different when it came to his future proposal. A self-proclaimed “rock hound,” Liden’s middle school plans came to fruition when it came time to propose to his now-fiancée.
Liden, 26, has been collecting gold throughout the years panning throughout his home state of Washington during his hikes, saving up enough to form a band. He struggled to find a spot in the United States where he could hunt for diamonds and be able to keep the gems he retrieved until he was given one life-changing tip by a colleague.
The Arkansas tourism industry, the hardest hit by COVID-19 of any economic sector in the state, is starting to see a comeback. When COVID-19 hit Arkansas in March 2020, state parks began scaling back operations and eventually closed overnight facilities. "We have returned programming in full to our state parks, and we haven't been able to do that since late March," Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Director Stacy Hurst Hurst.