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 ...

COPAN, Okla. — 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 ...

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 ...

Washington County authorities continue to investigate the death of a 2-year-old girl who was pronounced dead at a Bartlesville hospital July 27. Captain Gary Miller with the Washington County ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Okla. — People in the Bartlesville area are coming forward saying over the past weeks, they've been feeling sick after swimming at Copan Lake or the Caney River. Now, the Oklahoma ...

A 51-year-old man is dead after drowning Friday night in Copan Lake in Washington County. Richard Brown of South Coffeyville reportedly jumped from a boat into the lake near Copan Dam. There is no ...

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 ...