Wednesday Wildfire Danger: A RED FLAG WARNING is in effect from 10 am until midnight in southern Colorado. Wind gusts will reach 45-65 mph, and humidity will drop below 15%. In the zones highlighted in yellow, including the upper Arkansas River, the San Luis Valley, the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, and the Wet Mountains region, it is a particularly dangerous situation. This means that fire danger is VERY high in this region with humidity less than 9%, gusts over 45 mph, and critically dry fuels. Colorado Springs forecast: Low: 50; High: 80; RED FLAG WARNING 10 am until midnight.

A legislative panel rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have eliminated former Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri's job as an adviser to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. A top lawmaker also suggested that Profiri may return to his job overseeing the state prison system, two years after he was fired by the state Board of Corrections as part of a dispute with Sanders. The proposal rejected by the Joint Budget Committee's personnel subcommittee would have written into the appropriation for Sanders' office language eliminating Profiri's position from the Republican governor's staff.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune pushes his glasses up as he speaks to reporters outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 14, 2025.

Carmen Kingston believes she's "an example of how ordinary can become extraordinary, when empowered and supported by others." As regional general manager, vice president for Sam's Club's east region, Kingston is responsible for 91 Sam's Club locations and 13,000 employees. Looking back, she knows she's come a long way from the 18-year-old who left her entire family behind in northern Mexico to move to the United States. Kingston's parents, who only completed the third and sixth grades, were the first to believe in her. "My dad raised me thinking and believing I could do absolutely anything,

Shawn Poppie and Clemson have added another piece from the portal. Arkansas transfer Jenna Lawrence has committed to Clemson. The 6-foot-3 junior averaged 7.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game last season. She shot 41% from the field last season, including 36% from beyond the arc. Lawrence spent her first three seasons with the Razorbacks. As a freshman, she appeared in 24 games, with two starts, averaging 2.5 points per contest. As a sophomore, she started 20 games, scoring 5.7 points per game. Lawrence was a four-star prospect coming out of high school, ranking No.

President Donald Trump has decided he hates the "tacky" DoorDash delivery PR stunt at the Oval Office. On Monday, Sharon Simmons, 58, a grandmother of 10 from Fayetteville, Arkansas, hand-delivered a McDonald's order to the White House to promote an act passed by the Senate in May 2025, which aims to eliminate federal income taxes on tip income. However, the story quickly took a different turn when it was revealed that Simmons has a history of Republican-backed appearances promoting the "No Tax on Tips" policy.

Northwest Arkansas business and civic leaders have a lot to do to best manage ongoing and expected growth in Benton and Washington counties. That management was the strategy focus Northwest Arkansas Council officials outlined Wednesday (April 15) at their semi-annual meeting. The meeting, held at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, addressed the council's "growing home" strategy. Staring at 1 million Northwest Arkansas metro residents by 2050 may seem a bit much, but the metro's population has increased from 325,000 in 2010 to more than 622,000 at last count in late 2025.