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Western states brace for 'very active wildfire season' following warm, dry winter Alicia Victoria Lozano © Provided by NBC News The western half of the country is bracing for a hot, dry and potentially dangerous wildfire season that appears to be already underway in several states. The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings on Friday for much of the Great Plains, including North Dakota, where a large wildfire Thursday threatened homes and forced people to evacuate. A red flag warning means critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. ...

Small businesses are helping drive the economy in these metros.

Small business is often held up as a key driver of the U.S. economy, and for good reason. But with fewer financial resources than larger firms, small businesses are especially

(KNSI) – The Paramount Theatre turns 100 years old later this year, and the Paramount Center for the Arts has several events lined up over the next few months to celebrate. “The Paramount Center for the Arts is here for art, for the thousands who produce it and the tens of thousands who consume it,” said Paramount Center for the Arts’ Board Chair King Banaian. “For a century, we have had this emblem of the wider world around us, a gateway between that world and the Upper Plains, through which those who came later could see themselves and share their discovery with the neighbor sitti...

Winter weather is gripping large portions of the U.S. this week as an arctic airmass has settled into the middle of the country.