Northwest Arkansas Faces

  • Home At Last

    They've come from Texas and India, from Wisconsin and Iran. Some have spent decades in Northwest Arkansas, others only months.

  • Area Diversity Reflected In Musical Choices

    “It started slow, but people started showing up,” said Miguel Gamboa. He was talking about his band’s recent gig at Teatro Scarpino in Fayetteville, but it cou…

  • Sri Lankan Takes Flight In Fayetteville

    “Shavi” Samaranayake has a unique view of Northwest Arkansas. He’s only seen most of the region from above, in the left seat of a Piper Arrow.

  • Houston Man Relocates To Arkansas

    Brett Booker was a Houston kid until he started looking at colleges. That was a decade ago, and Booker has called Northwest Arkansas home since.

  • Business Opportunities Bring Transfers To Region

    A transfer to Northwest Arkansas was almost a homecoming for Angie Madigan. When she found out that Procter & Gamble wanted her and her husband, Tim, to reloca…

  • Marshallese Migration

    The Marshallese migration to Northwest Arkansas can be traced to one man.

  • MARSHALLESE-BORN: Islander Settles In South

    Born in the Marshall Islands to a Marshallese father and a Hawaiian mother, Gomez Zackious moved to Hawaii when he was 6 months old. He grew up on Maui but spe…

  • Youth Helps Others Succeed

    Albious Latior remembers his first thought when he moved to Springdale in 1997 as a third-grader.

  • Journey Included Many Stops

    Carmen Chong Gum’s route from the Marshall Islands to the United States included a lot of back-and-forth.

  • Local Sporting Scene Changes

    John Delapena, dressed in a gray Nike T-shirt and black high tops, was ready to play basketball.

  • Rapid Growth Over The Years

    Nou and Tou Lee moved to Northwest Arkansas from Minnesota in 2002, attracted by the affordable property and mild climate.

  • Ancient Ways Of Worship

    Asian Americans in Northwest Arkansas often adopt U.S. customs in recreation, food and dress. Religion is something they’re less likely to change. Most continu…

  • Local Hmong Value Freedom

    Ntsuab Pai Kong remembers the sounds — the gunshots nearly every night, the wailing of women who had lost a husband or son.

  • Laotian Feels At Home In Northwest Arkansas

    Pohn Sok-Amnouay arrived in the U.S. in 1977 with the clothes on his back and a few dollars in his wallet. The plane landed in Amarillo, Texas, during a freak …

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