The aftermath of the Smokehouse Creek Fire remains evident in neighborhoods around Canadian, where more than 50 residents were displaced after their homes were destroyed. Hemphill County Judge ...

USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at ...

Their elected officials failed them greatly.” The Smokehouse Creek Fire in 2024 burned 1,654 square miles of largely rural land, an area larger than the land area of Rhode Island and nearly that ...

As of Monday, the Smokehouse Creek wildfire, which was still burning in the Texas Panhandle and in western Oklahoma, was still only 15% contained. The fire is now considered the largest wildfire ...

The pain these victims feel doesn’t begin to dissipate after the fire, it merely worsens,” said Bram Browder, director at ILA. Last February's Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle ...

Wayland Baptist University alumna Sarah Wennersten has been named the Texas Game Warden of the Year, recognizing her ...

Last year we deployed more than 20 times.” One of those 20 times was to the Texas Panhandle for the Smokehouse Creek Fire last February which became the largest wildfire in the state's history ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott returned to the Panhandle Tuesday morning, joining state and local officials in the fire-ravaged region of Canadian to offer updates on the deadly wildfire outbreak that has ...