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Lake Conway
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Game and Fish Commission leads Lake Conway clean-ups as budget questions linger
The Lake Conway rehab project is an example of one of the services that could be interrupted if the Game and Fish Commission’s budget is not approved by lawmakers during next week’s special session.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Proposed $1.8 million settlement filed over Exxon’s 2013 Mayflower oil spill
The proposal by ExxonMobil and the state and federal governments would result in almost $1.8 million going to restore the area’s natural resources.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Government sues ExxonMobil 11 years after Mayflower oil spill
The oil spill resulting from a cracked pipeline dumped tens of thousands of gallons of heavy crude oil into a neighborhood, forcing the demolition of some houses.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Best and Worst 2023
Here’s the thing about 2023: You have to grade it on a curve. Things weren’t great; they could have been a whole lot worse.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Catch limits lifted in advance of Lake Conway drawdown
The next few months are anglers’ last chance to fish at Lake Conway before renovations begin.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Lake Conway meeting location changed
The location for tonight’s second public meeting about the Lake Conway drawdown and renovations has been changed to the Mayflower High School Cafeteria at 10 Lesley King Drive.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Bake the lake: Plans to drain Lake Conway have neighbors heated
Arkansas Game and Fish officials say draining the lake for up to five years will save it. But people who live near Lake Conway or who boat and fish there aren’t happy.
Posted inRock Candy
Arkansas Game and Fish reports two giant catfish caught in Lake Conway
A brother-and-sister night fishing excursion turns up the stuff of nightmares. Or some good eatin’, depending on who you ask.
Posted inCover Stories
The Mayflower oil spill robbed Michelle Ward of her middle-class dream
One year later, she and other residents and stakeholders in Mayflower consider the toll exacted by Exxon’s spill.