National Park Service

CityArchRiver Project Gets Environmental Okay

Rachel Lippmann — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:05:35 +0000

Although it wasn't the "environmentally preferred" alternative of the National Park Service, federal officials have given a thumbs-up to a plan to change the Arch grounds.

Remembering A Milestone: Gateway Arch Construction Completed 47 Years Ago

Alex Heuer, Mary Edwards and Don Marsh — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:36:26 +0000

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is one the country’s most recognizable landmarks. Its construction was completed this month, 47 years ago, in 1965.

Stained Arch Just Dirty, Not Dangerous, Report Says

Kelsey Proud and Tim Lloyd — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:24:19 +0000

Will be updated.

The quintessential symbol of the St. Louis region, the Gateway Arch, has been under special scrutiny lately as rusty stains on its structure caused concerns.

The National Park Service has released a report from a Chicago engineering firm today saying that the stains are merely cosmetic and that the Arch is "as sound today as the day it was built." (It was completed in 1965 - and for the history lovers out there, here's a gallery of that process).

Morning headlines: Monday, September 17, 2012

Julie Bierach and The Associated Press — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:20:10 +0000

Clemons hearing today in St. Louis courtroom

The effort to free Reginald Clemons from Missouri's death row goes to a St. Louis courtroom starting today.

Clemons was one of four men convicted in the 1991 killings of two St. Louis-area sisters, 20-year-old Julie Kerry and 19-year-old Robin Kerry. Both girls, along with their visiting male cousin, were thrown from an abandoned Mississippi River bridge. The cousin, Thomas Cummins, survived.

Environmental organizations to National Park Service: protect Ozark rivers

Véronique LaCapra — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:11:20 +0000

A statewide coalition of environmental organizations is urging the National Park Service to protect Ozark rivers.

Representatives of the groups were in Washington, D.C., today meeting with the Park Service.

They submitted more than 4,400 signed petitions asking the federal agency to adopt a strong management plan for the Current River and its major tributary, the Jacks Fork.