FIFTY-SIX, Ark. (AP) - A portion of the Blanchard Springs Recreation Area will be permanently closed because of repeated issues with flooding. The Ozark-St. Francis National Forests says the lower ...

The Blanchard Springs Caverns visitor center northwest of Mountain View is shown in this August 2022 file photo. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff) Let us read it for you.

Blanchard Springs is in the Ozark National Forest's Sylamore Ranger District. Come spring, it will be well worth a visit. Rex Nelson is a senior editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Officials of the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest has announced the return of the Blanchard Springs Caverns of the Mountain View area. After being closed for two years ...