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With the Smokehouse Creek Fire growing to 850,000 acres in the Texas Panhandle region and several new fires popping up, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has upgraded the Texas State Emergency Operations ...

According to the Texas Association of Counties and the Texas Department of Insurance, here's what to know about what ...

The latest fire challenged residents to once ... unregulated power lines crisscrossing the Panhandle. Credit: Jacob Lujan for The Texas Tribune His ranch in Pampa is a different story.

DALLAS — One year ago this week, the Smokehouse Creek Fire erupted in the Texas Panhandle, becoming the largest wildfire in Texas recorded history, which goes back to 1988. The fire, which began ...

Laurie Ezzell Brown had covered many wildfires in the drought-plagued Texas Panhandle. But nothing prepared her for what she saw after the Smokehouse Creek Fire last year. "Everyone I know lost ...

Comal County, spanning over 500 square miles, relies heavily on emergency service districts and volunteer fire departments, ...

CANADIAN — Past the terracotta canyons and sloping hills in the Texas Panhandle is a colorful, small town center. A vibrant mural of the town’s name greets visitors, the yellow and blue paint ...

The Smokehouse Creek fire tore through the Texas Panhandle early last year, burning over a million acres in just weeks. In the small town of... 'Beauty from the ashes.' Texas Panhandle recovering ...