/live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle The Smokehouse Creek Fire in Hutchinson County has nearly doubled in size since Wednesday morning. Note that this blog will no longer be updated as of March 1. en-US Copyright Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:07:36 GMT /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#a-second-person-has-died-in-the-smokehouse-creek-fire The Texas Panhandle fire has claimed another fatality. Cindy Owen, 44, from Amarillo, died in the Smokehouse Creek Fire while she was making deliveries,… Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:07:36 GMT 0000018d-fafb-d280-ad8f-fffb4e340000 /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#high-temperatures-and-windy-conditions-expected-in-the-panhandle-this-weekend High winds and drier weather will return to the Texas Panhandle Friday area after cooler temperatures and wetter conditions provided some help to… Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:06:29 GMT 0000018d-faf9-d9e2-af8f-fff95b3b0000 /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#pres-biden-vows-to-send-more-aid-to-the-panhandle President Biden said the federal government will send more aid to Texas as the state battles the record-setting wildfires.Biden was in Brownsville… Thu, 29 Feb 2024 22:27:35 GMT 0000018d-f6d4-d75f-afcf-f7dc65800000 /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#precipitation-improved-conditions-in-the-panhandle-thursday-but-weather-experts-warn-of-windy-dry-weather-ahead State officials are still holding out hope that cooler, wet weather will assist firefighters in their containment efforts and prevent the blaze in the… Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:45:30 GMT 0000018d-f6ce-d25c-afbf-ffce3fd00000 /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#gov-greg-abbott-to-visit-the-panhandle-on-friday Gov. Greg Abbott will visit the Panhandle Friday to get an on-the-ground assessment of the damage. The governor will be in Borger, in Hutchinson County,… Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:44:12 GMT 0000018d-f69a-d75f-afcf-f79efd710000 /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#panhandle-ranchers-may-need-hay-fencing-supplies-and-other-donations-to-cope-with-fire-losses The extent of the damage the Texas wildfires will have on the state’s agriculture industry won’t be fully known for several days, Texas Agriculture… Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:42:48 GMT 0000018d-f640-d107-afef-f6f697ab0000 /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#it-just-overwhelmed-me-some-10-000-cattle-are-estimated-to-have-died-in-the-fire-in-hemphill-county The Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle, which has now consumed more than 1 million acres over several counties, is in a largely rural area.… Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:49:48 GMT 0000018d-f62d-d25c-afbf-ffed7eef0000 /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#resilience-faith-and-basketball-canadian-wildcats-lose-their-playoff-game-but-maintain-hope-for-their-community The high school basketball game Wednesday in Amarillo would have been important even before a record-setting blaze wreaked havoc on parts of the Texas… Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:21:49 GMT 0000018d-f60f-d107-afef-f6ff707d0000 /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#three-prisons-in-the-vicinity-of-the-fires-prepared-to-evacuate-if-necessary Set between the hundreds of thousands of acres of scorched earth in the Panhandle are three prisons. Clements Unit sits just north of Amarillo and less… Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:10:22 GMT 0000018d-f580-dc4b-a3bf-f5973ca10000 /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#a-person-has-died-in-the-smokehouse-creek-fire-now-the-largest-wildfire-in-state-history The Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle is now the largest fire in the state’s history. As of Thursday morning the fire had grown to 1,075,000… Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:33:57 GMT 0000018d-f57e-dc4b-a3bf-f57f88a50000 /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#some-rain-and-light-snowfall-are-in-the-forecast-for-fire-affected-areas Christian Rangel, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Amarillo, told The Texas Newsroom that firefighters have a small window late… Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:18:35 GMT 0000018d-f1cb-d23c-a19d-fbcf4acd0000 /live-updates/live-updates-a-record-setting-wildfire-is-burning-through-the-panhandle#texas-issues-a-disaster-declaration-and-resources-in-response-to-wildfires The outbreak of wildfires in the Panhandle prompted Gov. Greg Abbott to issue a disaster declaration Wednesday for 60 counties in the area. The state has… Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:01:27 GMT 0000018d-f19f-d5d0-a1ad-f19fcf1e0000