Organizers said they've decided to cancel Tulsa's final Great Raft Race following the drowning that occurred at Zink Lake ...

After decades of waves and memories, the Tulsa tradition ends Saturday with one last float in the Arkansas River.

One person drowned at Zink Lake in Tulsa on Saturday after being pulled from the water following nearly an hour of searching, ...

TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa’s Great Raft Race will cease this year. Organizers of the long-standing event will hold one final gathering, Raft Race Sails into the Sunset, on Saturday, August 16, at ...

Originally launched in 1973 by KRMG Radio, the Great Raft Race quickly grew. At its peak, more than 600 rafts and 100,000 spectators filled the Arkansas River corridor to watch the event.

This Saturday afternoon., Tulsa Fire Department and Tulsa Police Department responded to a report of a possible drowning in ...

Jun 12, 2025 Jun 12, 2025 Updated Jun 12, 2025 0 Tulsa’s Great Raft Race — an annual Labor Day party on the Arkansas River that drew the quirky, the carefree and the competitive — is no more ...

The annual raft race in the Arkansas River is coming to an end. Organizers explain the decision and a potential return. Thursday, June 12th 2025, 4:50 pm By: Cal Day TULSA, Okla. - ...

TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa Fire Department said a 16-year-old boy is dead following a drowning at Zink Lake Saturday morning.

The Great Raft Race launched in 1973, the first time the river was open for public use. But it wasn’t exactly clean by today’s standards because the improvements and water restorations had yet ...