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Ninety percent of wildfires are caused by people and their activities, meaning most are preventable. Help prevent wildfires ...

As wildfire potential continues across Texas, the Texas A&M Forest Service advises Texans to prepare and keep prevention in mind.

Former SpaceX employee and Inheritance AI founder Vincent Peters sheds light on working for Elon Musk and gives his take on ...

Legal actions begin to pile up against Vistra for the Jan. 16 fire which has given the battery industry an image problem.

Crews are working to reduce wildfire risks in Fritch by clearing 30 acres of overgrown brush and dry vegetation.

HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas (KWTX) - The City of Harker Heights announced the appointment of Chris Mahlstedt as the city’s Interim ...

The number of confirmed measles cases in western Texas grew to 146, and it is possibly spreading to the central part of the ...

The National Weather Service issued a Fire Weather Watch for parts of New Mexico and Texas, citing strong winds and low ...

It has been a year since deadly wildfires sparked across the High Plains leaving ranchers, landowners and many others in the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Firefighters with the Austin Fire Department (AFD) are working to extinguish a fire at a home in northeast ...

The Nebraska Forest Service said wildfires in central Nebraska were nearly contained; however, much of the state was under a high risk for wildfires until 8 p.m. Friday.