Plan calls for ending Pike area overnights
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to permanently eliminate overnight camping in flood-prone areas of the Albert Pike Recreation Area.
- By Cathy Frye
June 12, 2010
Secretary of Agriculture and Arkansas congressmen tour disaster area
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to permanently eliminate overnight camping in flood-prone areas of the Albert Pike Recreation Area.
In years past, Janice McRae found serenity at her remote cabin, perched on the bank of the murmuring, sun-dappled Little Missouri River. Her family has lived o…
Despite rough terrain and an inability to communicate with one another, those involved in locating flood victims at the Albert Pike Recreation Area in June sai…
The campground where 20 people were killed in flash flooding will remain closed until further notice, officials said Friday.
June 18, 2010With new federal flood-plain designations set to begin taking effect today, Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor attempted Thursday to delay the plan that’s expected to …
June 18, 2010Rep. Mike Ross led the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday in a moment of silence to honor the lives lost in the recent flash floods that swept through the…
June 15, 2010Search teams found the body of a young girl Monday near the Albert Pike Recreation Area, raising the death toll to 20 from Friday morning’s flash flooding.
State police say they are “quite confident” that the body of a girl found Monday is the last one they were looking for after deadly flash flooding along the Li…
More funerals are set for the victims of last week’s flash flooding at an Arkansas campground.
Search and rescue teams found the body of a 19th flood victim Sunday and will continue to search today to find what officials believe is the last missing perso…
Generations of families slept in cabins and campers along the Little Missouri River in the Albert Pike Recreation Area early Friday.
June 14, 2010Anxious family members toured the campground Sunday where their loved ones were staying when they were swept away by a flash flood, allowed to see for themselv…
Families and friends of the two dozen people still missing since the flood at a popular campground early Friday braced themselves Saturday for grim news as ano…
June 13, 2010State police Sgt. Brady Gore and his wife, Gina, awoke at 3:15 a.m. Friday to the sound of fists pounding on the back door of their cabin.
One of two Oklahoma National Guard helicopter pilots who helped search for survivors and victims of the southwest Arkansas flood Friday said the destruction re…
June 13, 2010As heavy rains crossed into Arkansas from Texas early Friday morning, National Weather Service meteorologists became concerned about flooding in western Arkans…
June 13, 2010Emergency officials say the search for victims of flash floods that swept through a popular Arkansas campground and killed 18 people has ended for the night. …
June 12, 2010Warnings systems were in place and working ahead of a flash flood that killed at least 17 people in southwest Arkansas, but officials will review how the deadl…
June 12, 2010