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  • An aerial shot of the Grand Coulee Dam fro June 14, 1941. Woody Guthrie wrote songs about the partially completed dam in May 1941.
    Woody Guthrie's Fertile Month on the Columbia River
    In May 1941, folk singer Woody Guthrie was hired by the federal government to travel up the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest and write about what he saw. Among the 26 songs Guthrie penned that month are "Roll On Columbia" and "Grand Coulee Dam."
  • Rome's Tiber River Draws Crowds Once Again
    In Rome, it's the height of the tourist season and, in addition to Roman ruins, baroque palaces and the Vatican, there's something new for visitors to see. After decades of neglect, the banks of the river Tiber are springing back to life.
  • The Kern River's water is 10-times stronger than it was a year ago, after near-record snowmelt from California's wet winter flows down from Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada.
    California's Near-Record Snowpack Is Melting Into Raging Rivers
    After a decade of drought, high snow levels this year are melting and turning California rivers into hazards. At the Kern River, at least six people have died this year.
  • Ozarks at Large for Thursday, July 19, 2018
    On today’s show, officials at the Buffalo National River are investigating algal blooms on the river. Plus, the culinary aspect of the Fayetteville Roots…
  • The State of Policing in the River Valley and Remembering Ivy Owen
    Michael Tilley, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, helps us review the week in news with a discussion about policing in the Arkansas River…
  • River Valley Manufacturers Step Up During Pandemic
    As the global COVID-19 pandemic changes nearly everything, some manufacturers in the River Valley are shifting direction to help. Michael Tilley from Talk…
  • Driving into Cairo, Ill., from the north, you pass a funeral home and go through an underpass beneath a rail line. Structures behind this bridge block road traffic through the underpass in case of massive flooding from the nearby Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
    Months Of Flooding On Mississippi River Marooned Midwest Trade
    Long-term flooding along major waterways stranded barges up and down the Mississippi River this summer and caused havoc with river transportation and the economy that depends on it.
  • MAY 20: An American flag reflects in Mississippi River floodwaters outside of a home in south Vicksburg, Miss.
    Memphis Landmarks Spared From River Flooding
    The Mississippi River rose Monday to levels not seen in Memphis since the 1930s, but officials were confident the levees would protect the city's world-famous musical landmarks, including Graceland and Beale Street, and that no new areas would have any serious flooding.
  • MAY 20: An American flag reflects in Mississippi River floodwaters outside of a home in south Vicksburg, Miss.
    Memphis Landmarks Spared From River Flooding
    The Mississippi River rose Monday to levels not seen in Memphis since the 1930s, but officials were confident the levees would protect the city's world-famous musical landmarks, including Graceland and Beale Street, and that no new areas would have any serious flooding.
  • Will Trump pay to save the Colorado River? Locals are worried
    President Biden helped avert a crisis on the Colorado River by paying farmers and cities $28 million in IRA funds to not take water out of the river. States fear a future without those payments.
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