Hal Barnes News Today

It is with the heaviest hearts that we announce the death of James “Jim” Douglass Van Orden. He passed on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, at the age of 68 in

The states chief economist said Hawaiis population has decreased for the past seven years with 15,000 people moving away in 2022.

Retired ad executive Hal Barnes of Hudson, Wis., is spending quality time with those not worried about blood pressure or cholesterol and, in the process, gaining a fresh perspective on his own life.

OPINION | REX NELSON: A history of hospitality by Rex Nelson | Today at 1:47 a.m. By the 1930s, the era known as the Big Cut--which had begun in the 1880s as northern-owned companies moved into Arkansas to harvest virgin timber--was ending. In the pine-covered hills of southwest Arkansas, that meant a loss of jobs. Montgomery County had a population of 12,455 in the 1910 census. By the 1960 census, that number had dropped to 5,370. The closure of sawmills and the onset of the Great Depression l...

ADVERTISEMENT OPINION | REX NELSON: Destination, Lake Ouachita Tourists from Arkansas as well as surrounding states are driving in droves to vacation at the hospitable Hot Springs getaway. by Rex Nelson | Today at 1:57 a.m. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette illustration by John Deering. Bill Barnes is sitting in his office on a cloudy Monday, accompanied by dogs who go by the names of Port and Starboard. On the walls of the office at Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa on Lake Ouachita are reminders of the le...