Bill Barnes

Hotel operators in Arkansas are dealing with a surge of leisure travelers as workers and supplies have become scarce. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces a new Office of Outdoor Recreation, a 10-member board to guide that office, and the addition of Blue Mountain to the state's outdoor recreation opportunities. read more >

Many of Arkansas' recreational sites are drowning — not in historic flooding, but in phone calls about flooding, say state tourism representatives who are working overtime to combat the perception that high water has the state closed to business. read more >

Bill Barnes, president of the Tri-Pennant Family of Resorts, and Robert Moore, a farmer and politician, were recently inducted into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame. read more >