Drought and growth fuel Texas large wildfire rise
Texas endures bigger, more frequent wildfires driven by protracted drought and rapid growth. From 2000 to 2014 the state logged 157000 fires, most near communities. The Bastrop Hidden Pines blaze burned nearly 5000 acres and destroyed 77 structures, highlighting changing land use and development fueling greater risk.
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Dall
Texas
Mark Stanford
Texas A&m Forest Service
Hidden Pines
Bastrop County
Forest Service
Bastrop County Complex
Stanford
Texas Burn Ban Decline Seen After Weekend Rain
Texas counties continuing outdoor burn bans drop to 71 from over 140 as heavy weekend storms soak parts of the state. The Texas A M Forest Service provides the online public tally, with bans set by county judges or commissioners.
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Texas
College Station
Texas A&m Forest Service
Lockdown Lifted At University of the Incarnate Word
A brief lockdown at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio was lifted after police found no armed individual. Earlier reports prompted a campus-wide search by multiple agencies, tracing a sighting to a security guard rather than a suspect.
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San Antonio
University of the Incarnate
Associated Press
Army blimp drifts over Pennsylvania near Muncy
A 240-foot Army surveillance blimp broke loose from Aberdeen Proving Ground and drifted about 150 miles over central Pennsylvania for 3 1/2 hours before auto deflating and landing near Muncy. Two F 16s from Atlantic City tracked it but NORAD said no downing. An investigation into the mishap is under way.
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Pennsylvania
Muncy
Maryland
Harrisburg
North American Aerospace Defense Command
Aberdeen Proving Ground
National Guard
Atlantic City
New Jersey
NORAD
Navy
Scott Miller
Miller
NASA astronaut Kelly nears longest space voyage record
Scott Kelly wrapped a seven hour spacewalk aboard the International Space Station while preparing to surpass NASA's 215 day single spaceflight record. He and Kjell Lindgren routed cables and performed maintenance as part of a yearlong mission with Mikhail Kornienko. Obama congratulated Kelly by phone, noting the achievement.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Scott Kelly
Kelly
International Space Station
Kjell Lindgren
Mikhail Kornienko
Valery Polyakov
Russia
Mir Space Station
Space Station
Michael Lopez-Alegria
Barack Obama
Obama
Midland spaceport plan spurs zoning clash and airport limits
Local officials discuss locating UTPB engineering building in Midland to engage the city, funding from House Bill 100 and the Permanent University Fund, and the push to raise remaining funds. Airport rules and hazard mitigation zones shape development near the spaceport, affecting residential projects and business growth while planners weigh future expansions.
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Odessa
Watts
Midland
Wagner Noél
Texas House
UTPB
Tom Craddick
Brooks Landgraf
Steve Thorpe
Thorpe
University
FAA
Air
Midland’s
Justine Ruff
ATPB
Mid- Cities Community Church
Ruff
XCOR
Cumberland and
Western Resources
Brad Kelley
Randy Baker
Baker
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Union Pacific
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San Antonio University
Tiffany Slusser Harthorn
Bloomsburg
Harthorn
Nasa.gov
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Lynx
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Mid-Cities
Highway 191
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