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Wildfire danger grows as drought stretches on
The biggest news across our area, and all of Texas, continues to be the drought and the concurrent danger of fires. As seen last week by fires right here in Northeast Texas, the danger is real, and getting worse every day. Weather forecasters with NOAA and the National Weather Service have predicted long range outlooks of an even drier August, so the threat of wildfires only grows. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, firefighters responded to 17 new wildfires in just one day last wee...