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State, federal and local firefighters responded to five wildfires on Wednesday, three large and still active, for an estimated 23,055 acres burned, according to a news release from the Texas A&M Forest Service.

Colorado's Front Range, foothills, and plains are under high wind warnings — with gusts up to 80 mph around Denver and 95 mph in the Sangre de Cristo range — on Wednesday as a strong storm system moves across the state. Here's everything you need to know about today's windstorms.

AgriLife Extension youth program head comes from Panhandle with experience, educational background

A cold front will dump several inches of snow across some of Colorado's mountains on Tuesday, while bringing gusts of wind up to 60 mph to the Front Range and plains well into the evening hours.

The American landscape has been heavily romanticized in the past through art, photography and literature, emphasising nature as a source of human inspiration and portraying the landscape as a pure and untouched wilderness – a space symbolic of freedom, heroism and grandeur. In a new book called Wilderness to Wasteland, photographer David T. Hanson presents to us the ‘Luminist images of our time’– the American landscape in ruin. In these 83 never-before-published photographs, he reveals t...

A controversial Pentagon program is fast-tracking shipments of surplus military gear to police departments that claim to be preparing for climate disasters. The consequences could be deadly.

DENVER — A time-honored celebration made a steadfast return to the Colorado State Fair this year. Twenty-six Colorado families that have owned and operated their farms and ranches for 100 years or more were honored…

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Severe weather damages crops, helps drought-impacted areas By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor What a ride Texas weather has taken us on so far in 2021., and it’s only May. Nearly an entire week of wet weather has Texas farmers and ranchers simultaneously feeling thankful and concerned, depending on their location. Rainfall totals ranging from less than an inch to 14 inches were reported as days of downpours, flash floods and severe storms washed across the Lone Star State. Panhandle/South Plai...

Potter and Randall counties to receive nearly $50 million from American Rescue Plan Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The U.S. Treasury Department opened an online portal for counties to begin requesting their share of the $2 trillion American Rescue Plan, and the portal shows Potter and Randall counties combined being eligible for nearly $50 million. The amount is based on the population of the counties. According to the Texas Association of Counties, half of the mon...