US Wildfires Are Getting Bigger and More Complex, Prompting Changes in Firefighting April 11, 2024 By Ty Oneil It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and...
West Texas Ranchers Face Losses After Historic Wildfires March 20, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — There are burned spots on Jay O’Brien’s ranch outside Stinnett that predate the Smokehouse Creek fire. Over the...
Texas Firefighters Completely Contain Panhandle Wildfire March 18, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — Firefighters have completely contained the Smokehouse Creek fire in Hutchinson County after a nearly three-week battle with what...
Texas Fires Have Emitted a Near-Record Amount of Carbon March 14, 2024 By Zahra Hirji Texas fires released roughly 3.4 million metric ton of carbon dioxide in January and February, according to a new analysis....
Texas Committee to Investigate Panhandle Wildfires March 14, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is creating a legislative committee to investigate the Texas Panhandle wildfires to ensure...
Xcel Texas Wildfire Legal Reckoning to Take Years to Play Out March 12, 2024 By Mark Chediak and Rachel Graf (Xcel Energy Inc. will likely be wrangling for years with the legal fallout from the wildfires burning through the Texas...
Texas Firefighters Make Progress Containing Panhandle Wildfires March 12, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — Texas firefighters are gaining more control over the remaining wildfires in the Panhandle, more than two weeks after...
Huge Texas Blaze Shows Power-Line Fires Are a Widespread Threat March 11, 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...
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...