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River Valley Tourism, Events Take Economic Hit During Pandemic

Michael Tilley, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, discusses how an economic slowdown has affected tourism in the Arkansas River Valley and why…

Trade Center Signs Agreements With Nigeria, Flooding Delays River Shipping

The World Trade Center-Arkansas signs memorandums of understanding with the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, opening opportunities for Arkansas…

Volunteer Water Monitoring Aims to Protect Quality of White River Basin

Four times each year, volunteer teams with StreamSmart, a program of Ozarks Water Watch, head out for a series of tests at various stream locations in the…

Demand for Homes in River Valley Outstrips Supply, Drives Up Prices

While home sales have slowed down in the first two months of 2021, realtors in the Arkansas River Valley report the demand for homes remains high, which…

The sun rises over the low lake level, the result of a six-year drought that has dramatically dropped the level of the reservoir, in Llewellyn Gulch canyon on March 28, 2007 near Page, Arizona. Lake Powell and the next biggest Colorado River reservoir, the nearly 100-year-old Lake Mead, are at the lowest levels ever recorded. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Colorado River Basin to receive much of Western water infrastructure money

Out West, a good chunk of money will go toward upgrading critical water infrastructure in a region where climate change has led to shorter winters, warmer temperatures and drier soil for two decades.

Vehicles pass by a landslide area after the earthquake in Gorkha district last week. A fresh landslide in the same area has cut off a major river, threatening villages downstream.

Nepali Villagers Flee After Landslide Cuts Off Major River

Rising waters behind the earth dam created by the landslide could burst through, inundating villages for miles downstream, officials say.

Record Water Levels Shut Down Miles Of Mississippi River

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, about the effect of historic flooding on the Mississippi River on corn and soybean farmers.

eTown Lands in Bentonville with The Milk Carton Kids

The long-running public radio show, "eTown," will be at The Momentary in Bentonville tomorrow night with guests The Milk Carton Kids and Buffalo Nichols.

The water table below the Wenden Domestic Water Improvement District has dropped 18 feet in two years. (Peter O'Dowd/Here & Now)

Groundwater supplies in the Colorado River basin are falling fast. Is there a solution?

Western states like Arizona are considering new laws to regulate pumping from aquifers.

Rep. Jeff Wardlaw (right) and Sen. Gary Stubblefield (left) speaking in support of their bill before a Senate committee Wednesday morning

Bill To Limit Challenges To Hog Farms Awaits Final Vote

A bill is up for vote by the general assembly that would protect hog farmers from lawsuits for certain environmental issues once their waste permits are...

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