Amarillo County News Today

Texas A&M Forest Service/Anadolu via GettyWildfires raged across the Texas panhandle on Wednesday, prompting a disaster declaration from Gov. Greg Abbott and evacuation orders across the state, and leaving thousands without power.The second largest blaze in state history was burning in Hutchinson County, where the Smokehouse Creek fire had grown to at least 500,000 acres since emergency personnel first became alerted to it on Monday night, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. The...

In nearby Amarillo County, the Pantex nuclear weapons plant paused operations and evacuated all nonessential personnel.