Bastrop Wildfires

UPDATE 8:17 a.m., Aug. 21: The Texas A&M Fire Service reports the fire is now 95 percent contained.UPDATE 6:10 p.m.: The fire is now 90 percent contained,…

In 2010, when the Bastrop Education Foundation approved a grant for a children's songwriting workshop, they had no idea what music would spring forth.The…

After the Bastrop Complex Fires burned his property and destroyed his home five years ago, artist and furniture maker Walter Winslett took a tour of the…

The Hidden Pines Fire in Bastrop County started one week ago today. Bastrop County Judge Paul Pape said Tuesday morning that the fire is 80 percent…

At last check, Smithville's Hidden Pines Fire has claimed 40 home structures and burned over 4,000 acres. While the fire is 25 percent contained,…

The Hidden Pines wildfire in Bastrop County is bringing back memories of an even more destructive fire four years ago.The 2011 Labor Day wildfires took…

The 2015 wildfire season is fast approaching. In Colorado yesterday, federal officials talked about the growing threat of catastrophic wildfires across…

From The Texas Tribune: Greenery has begun to cover the scars of a devastating fire that ripped through 32,000 acres of Central Texas three years ago.…

Today marks two years since the start of the Labor Day wildfires – the worst in Texas history.The fires in Bastrop, Pflugerville, Spicewood and Steiner…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has given Texas $31.2 million to help cover the costs of the devastating wildfires that spread across the state in…