Drought has set in early and hard across the Midwest, parching the Arkansas River basin. The river trickling out of the mountains is dry before it reaches some of the major agricultural uses ...

but this modest river has borne witness to some of the most important developments in Arkansas history. The St. Francis River originates in the northeastern corner of Iron County, Mo., and flows ...

but we’ve had excessive rainfall in the basin for a month now.” In the Fort Smith area, the State Highway 59 Bridge was the only crossing on the Arkansas River left open after officials closed ...