I’ve never been to Tontitown, nor have I had the pleasure of partaking in its storied annual Grape Festival. But the northwest Arkansas community founded by Italian immigrants feels familiar to me. That’s partly because of Deputy Editor Antoinette Grajeda’s recent article on how the debate over immigration enforcement is playing out in the small […]

Just 20 years ago, trying to avoid smoke in Arkansas was an onerous task. Going out to restaurants and bars often meant coming home reeking of cigarettes, even if you or your companions weren’t the ones smoking. Many employers had a smoke break room.  At my first newspaper job in Arkansas, that meant walking through […]