William Joseph ‘Bill’ Barnes Bill Barnes practically grew up on Lake Ouachita, where he runs Mountain Harbor resort. And it all started as a fishing trip with his parents. This year the resort marks ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) –Boats will be filling Lake Ouachita this weekend, but the owners of Mountain Harbor Resort near Mount Ida are grateful there are even marinas there to dock all those boats.

Guests planning to visit the Mountain Harbor Resort and Spa are asked not to come as cleanup crews work to repair wreckage from an EF1 tornado that touched down just before 5 p.m. Sunday, causing ...

It's hard to concentrate when visiting with Bill Barnes inside his office at Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa on Lake Ouachita. It's not that Barnes is a poor conversationalist. In fact, we visit for more ...