Several prominent Amarillo business people donated to support the so-called travel ban. Meanwhile, statewide progressive groups helped the opposition.

Tuesday’s vote was a rare chance for Texans to vote directly on abortion restrictions. The state already has a near-total abortion ban.

Texas Tribune journalist Jayme Lozano Carver has written about health care for years. Most recently, she reported on how little access there is for women and new moms in the Texas Panhandle.

Local leaders of the Nurse-Family Partnership hope they can secure money to expand the program to the region’s rural areas.

After repeated attempts to convince the City Council to make zoning changes, residents asked the federal government to intervene.

Short of an immediate statewide response, Texans who lost homes and livestock are taking matters into their own hands to better prepare their property for a wildfire.

The council has been reluctant to approve the ban since it first debated the issue last fall.

Clarendon is one of the first cities in Texas to reject the ordinance, after several cities and counties passed similar measures

The Republican senator and congressman introduced a bill that would expand a federal aid program to pay ranchers when pregnant cattle are killed in disasters.

A lack of air support and ineffective coordination hurt efforts to contain this year's Panhandle fires, the committee said.

Local officials said the public was not put in any danger and the attempts were reported to federal authorities.

In testimony to state lawmakers, Dale Jenkins and his Panhandle peers shared the “hidden cost” of the wildfires.

Thursday’s hearing marked the end of the Legislature’s three-day marathon of public hearings.

The Texas A&M Forest Service concluded that a fallen decayed utility pole caused the Smokehouse Creek fire.

A special legislative committee is investigating what caused the Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest in state history.

Phillips 66 says two employees have been injured in a fire at a refinery in the Texas Panhandle.

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a state emergency response ahead of critical wildfire conditions anticipated in the Panhandle and West Texas this weekend and into next week.

A series of deadly wildfires have burned for nearly three weeks, destroying farms and ranches in several counties.

The panel of three lawmakers and two residents will also look at disaster preparedness.

As crews fight to keep deadly blazes under control, weather conditions could increase risk of more fires.

Hemphill County Judge Lisa Johnson said the region has been overwhelmed with the response of support, but work remains.

Ranchers have likely lost thousands of cattle in the wildfires, according to some preliminary estimates.

Authorities say a Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the Panhandle died while fighting a house fire.

Rural Texans are more than twice as likely to go without homeowners insurance than their urban peers.

The full scope of damage still isn’t known, but some Panhandle residents have returned home. Firefighters continue battling the infernos.

Texas wildfires have consumed acres of agricultural land, killing thousands of livestock, destroying crops and exacerbating challenges lingering from last year’s drought.

Texas has a wildfire season in winter, but climate change is extending it, scientists say.

The fires have left at least two people dead and four injured firefighters. Cattle have been lost and homes and businesses decimated in their wake.

Wildfires raging in the Texas Panhandle have been growing at a staggering rate, resulting in widespread evacuations.

A series of wildfires in the Texas Panhandle has devastated communities in at least 60 counties this week, and one of them has swelled to become the second-largest in state history.

A cluster of wildfires is scorching the Texas Panhandle.

A handful of local governments have already put the legally dubious bans in place. The news that Amarillo will take the issue up again comes shortly after a Dallas woman left the state for an abortion after losing a legal battle to obtain one here.

The region that includes Amarillo, a Panhandle city of more than 200,000 people, and surrounding towns has long been a mental health care desert. Officials hope a new $159 million hospital can help reduce a massive spike in suicide attempts.

Buc-ee’s recently announced that it is breaking ground on the Amarillo location, which will include a 74,000-square-foot store and 108 fueling stations.

More than 100 people were injured in the tornado that hit the Panhandle town. Gov. Greg Abbott sent emergency crews to assist with recovery efforts.

On the eve of a historic investment in connecting the Lone Star State, advocates worry maps that will help establish which communities get funding have bad information.

Investigators say the fire was an accident and started with an engine fire in a manure vacuum truck.

The Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office has ruled the fire and explosion that killed thousands of cows in the Texas Panhandle an accident, according to media reports.

Thousands of cows were killed in an explosion and fire that happened at a dairy farm in the Panhandle earlier this week, according to media reports.

She will cover the Panhandle and South Plains through Report for America. She previously reported for Texas Tech Public Media.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says a Texas man was killed in a shooting in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

The Great Storm of 1900, a 1937 school explosion in New London and devastating tornadoes in the Panhandle — all disastrous events that played a vital role in reshaping Texas and its residents.

Ongoing La Niña conditions have brought warm, dry weather and deepened drought conditions across the state.

Federal authorities arrested a Wisconsin man and four members of his family in Texas on charges stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved hunting regulations changes ahead of the 2021-22 hunting seasons. According to TPWD officials, the changes were approved at the commission’s March 25 public meeting. You can check the online version of Outdoor Annual for a complete list of updated regulations, however, the 2021-22 season information will not be online until mid-August, according to TPWD officials. AdYou can see the amendments to the hunting season dates for the 2021-22 seasons by clicking here. Also on KSAT:At least 3.8 million fish on Texas coast killed by winter storm, TPWD saysAnother Texas lake ‘fully infested’ with invasive species, TPWD saysIf you see a dead rabbit, TPWD officials are asking you to report it to help prevent a deadly disease

OKLAHOMA CITY – Snow, sleet and freezing rain were reported Tuesday in parts of the Texas Panhandle as an early season ice storm bore down on the Southern Plains. The National Weather Service issued an ice storm warning for areas in the Big Country, Concho Valley, the Northern Edwards Plateau and portions of the Heartland. Freezing rain is expected in parts of West Central Texas. Snow was also reported near Amarillo and San Angelo, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shared images of a snowy Chaprock Canyons State Park near Quitaque. NWS-El Paso also reported snowy conditions in the Borderland, where temperatures were in the upper 20- and low 30-degree range.

Hurricane Sally is expected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast sometime through the night and morning. – Hurricane Sally, a plodding but powerful storm with winds of 100 mph, crept toward the northern Gulf Coast early Tuesday, with forecasters warning of potentially deadly storm surges, flash floods spurred by up to 2 feet (.61 meters) of rain and the possibility of tornadoes. Claunch marveled at how the Gulf waters had already crept over swaths of sandy shore and infiltrated bike paths and parking lots. Sally achieved hurricane strength Monday and quickly intensified to a Category 2 storm with 100 mph (161 kph) winds. Forecasters expect winds to increase to up to 110 mph (177 kph) over the warm Gulf waters before the storm blows ashore.