It doesn't take long to exit the Gulf Coastal Plain and enter the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains once I leave Arkadelphia and head west on Arkansas 8. I've departed my hometown for a day of ...

Snow is forecast for much of Arkansas today and Sunday, with accumulations of more than 5 inches possible in the higher elevations of the Ozark and Ouachita mountains, according to the National ...

Ouachita National Forest was first established in 1907 as "Arkansas National Forest." Spanning from central Arkansas into the eastern edge of Oklahoma, the Ouachita Mountains serve as one of the ...

My friend and fellow historian Harold Coogan of Mena recently sent me a nicely printed portfolio from 1928 promoting a proposed Ouachita National Park. With the avid support of boosters from Mena, ...

PITCH A TENT: The Lake Ouachita Vista Trail boasts the best of both worlds — established areas for car camping and plenty of secluded backcountry for hike-in camping. Credit: Stephanie Smittle The ...

Bill Barnes is sitting in his office on a cloudy Monday, accompanied by dogs who go by the names of Port and Starboard. On the walls of the office at Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa on Lake Ouachita are ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — More than 100,000 customers of numerous electric providers were without power Wednesday afternoon as a winter storm blanketed several inches of snow in northern Arkansas.

East Texans give no shortage of grief to their northerly neighbors, the state of Oklahoma. (I was born an Okie and got here as quickly as I could.) But whether or not they admit it, many East Texans ...

BIG CEDAR, Okla. (KTAL/KMSS) – It was Oct. 29, 1961, and U.S. President John F. Kennedy stood on the side of a road in the South’s largest National Forest. And though the press widely reported that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BIG CEDAR, Okla. (KTAL/KMSS) – It was Oct.