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Hutchinson firefighters were called to perform a rescue on the Arkansas River on Monday afternoon. Crews were called to an area behind Hobart-Detter Field near Carey Park around 2:30 p.m., where ...
HFD's water rescue team quickly deployed a boat and launched a three-person team upriver to reach the victims. The rescue was completed without incident, and the individuals were brought back upstream ...
I’ve lived in Wichita for the past 23 years, and I’ve only been on the Arkansas River twice – both times, appropriately enough, during the city’s long-standing Riverfest event. My husband ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Arkansas River will be lowered starting Nov. 24 for one week. At the request of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, the city will be making some minor modi… ...
Kansas wildlife officials began restoring an endangered minnow to the Arkansas river last November. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ Fisheries and Ecological Services ...
State Don’t eat the fish: Arkansas River, other Kansas waters remain under advisory By Eduardo Castillo January 26, 2023 3:53 PM Michael Pearce File photo ...
Mississippi, Arkansas River Flooding Latest: Flash-flood Risk in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri Rising With Heavy Rains Expected Published Jun 13, 2019 at 6:28 AM EDT ...
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks said in a news release Thursday that it wants the Great Bend to Oklahoma border stretch of the Arkansas River added to the National Water Trails system ...
A 69-year-old Kansas woman got stuck under a submerged tree in an Arkansas river and drowned despite group’s rescue efforts, officials say.
Many farmers rely on the Arkansas River to ship grains worldwide, but the 50-year-old system needs more than $200 million in maintenance and repairs.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas and Colorado announced Tuesday that they’ve ended a long-running lawsuit over the Arkansas River. The states filed an agreement with the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the ...