Texas Utility Rules Didn’t Prevent Panhandle Wildfires March 8, 2024 By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune Before it burned to a pile of ashes, Melanie McQuiddy’s house on the outskirts of Canadian was her family’s home...
Huge Texas Blaze Shows Power-Line Fires Are a Widespread Threat March 8, 2024 By Mark Chediak, Will Wade and David R. Baker Massive wildfires sparked by power lines used to be a California problem, one many utility executives considered safely confined to...
Xcel Energy Acknowledges Role in Texas Panhandle Wildfire March 7, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune Xcel Energy on Thursday acknowledged its involvement in the Smokehouse Creek Fire, which started last week and quickly became the...
Texas Fire Chief Dies While Fighting House Fire in City Hit Hard by Wildfires March 7, 2024 By Jamie Stengle A Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the...
Texas Panhandle Ranchers Look to Rebuild After Wildfires March 6, 2024 By Joshua Fetcher, The Texas Tribune and Neelam Bohra, The Texas Tribune CANADIAN — Farmers and ranchers in the Panhandle lost livestock, buildings and infrastructure in the wildfires still raging through the...
Many Texas Panhandle Homes Burned in Wildfires Weren’t Insured March 5, 2024 By Joshua Fetcher, The Texas Tribune FRITCH — Many Panhandle residents whose dwellings and possessions burned in the region’s ongoing wildfires may never financially recover for...
Xcel Energy Utility Equipment Started Texas Wildfire, Homeowner Claims in Lawsuit March 4, 2024 By Clark Mindock March 1 (Reuters) – A Texas homeowner whose house was destroyed by a massive wildfire raging northeast of Amarillo sued...
Texas Fires Trigger Drop for Xcel With Law Firm Alleging Link March 1, 2024 By Mark Chediak and Josh Saul The worst-ever Texas wildfire sent shares of Xcel Energy Inc. plunging after a law firm said it might be linked...
Firefighters Race to Subdue Texas Wildfire Before Dangerous Weekend Conditions March 1, 2024 By Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune, Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune, Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune FRITCH — A blanket of snow and rain that descended over the Texas Panhandle on Thursday helped firefighters to quell...
Insurers Offer Tips for Residents to Navigate Texas Wildfires February 29, 2024 The Smokehouse Creek Fire has grown to more than 1 million acres in the Texas Panhandle, making it the second-largest...