Copan Lake, a favorite escape just 20 minutes north of Bartlesville, is partially shutting down. Key recreation areas at the lake will be closed from May 15 through at least June 3 due to staffing ...

Amidst the record-setting droughts plaguing the Midwest throughout summer 2023, visitors and staff at Copan Lake, managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, witnessed Copan Lake’s ...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers have identified two men who drowned in Copan Lake in Washington County on Sunday. According to OHP, 48-year-old Travis Goodine of Dewey, Oklahoma, and 86-year-old ...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) has reported that two men have died on July 3 at Copan Lake in Washington County. According to a series of reports, OHP found a 14 foot fishing boat floating on Copan ...

Crews recovered a body from Copan Lake Friday evening. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol got a call about 4:30 Friday afternoon of a possible drowning. Witnesses told troopers, three people went to an area ...

The Town of Copan issued an Emergency Proclamation due to a water shortage from drought on September 13, 2023. The water supply at Copan Lake is 6.49 feet below normal, a critically low level. This ...

A Bartlesville man drowns after jumping off a boat dock on Copan Lake. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 27-year-old Justin Albert had told friends he was going to jump from a boat dock and touch the ...

COPAN, Okla. — Copan is another Washington County community under water restrictions this year due to the drought. Their town's water source - Copan Lake - should be much higher. Residents in the town ...

BARTLESVILLE -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday offered the city of Bartlesville an emergency drought relief package that will allow the city to get its water from Copan Lake at an ...