Lew Meibergen, 88, former chairman and president of Johnston Enterprises, died April 16 at his home in Enid, Okla. Johnston Enterprises was founded by his grandfather, W.B. Johnston, after… Read More
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
The Tulsa Engineer District and Little Rock Engineer District, working together, issued changes on April 1 to crew change procedures at locks and dams along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River… Read More
Finally, much-needed supplemental federal money to restore river channels and repair damage from the flood of 2019, signed into law in June in the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster… Read More
Last month, the Little Rock Engineer District got $26.7 million in supplemental funds for restoring river infrastructure from the floods of 2019. It is a first installment of a… Read More
While the effort to deepen the channel of the Lower Mississippi River gathers momentum, other channel-deepening efforts continue as well. Both Arkansas River and Red River interests are… Read More
Four months after a barge strike at a dam closed the upper reaches of the McClellan-Kerr River Navigation System to navigation, the system reopened on September 30. The… Read More
Washington, D.C. – Members of the waterways industry welcomed a funding boost proposed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a major spending bill unanimously approved by the Senate… Read More
Salvors have removed the second of two barges that had been lodged against Webbers Falls Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River since May. Rob Steiner, navigation operations… Read More
Following record flooding in the region, economic activity has returned to normal at the Port of Little Rock, Ark. Local business and government, partnered with state and federal government… Read More
Efforts to cut up and remove two barges that sank and lodged against Webbers Falls dam in My are still in early days, and no one can yet say… Read More
