A new Texas A&M Forest Service regional office is under construction at 428 NE Stallings Drive in Nacogdoches after a July 1 groundbreaking. The publicly funded facility is planned to add space for wildfire response, training, staffing and landowner assistance.
Gov. Tim Walz declared a peacetime emergency effective July 11, 2026, and mobilized the Minnesota National Guard as wildfires and dry conditions affected northern Minnesota.
Gov. Jim Pillen reissued an executive order July 15 allowing continued delivery of hay and other supplies to Nebraska areas ravaged by wildfires.
The Fox Fire near Huntington closed approximately 70 miles of a major Oregon interstate and put the city under a Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation order. Separately, the state has mobilized mutual-aid resources for the Hagen Fire in Umatilla County.
Gov. Spencer Cox signed a state emergency declaration July 22 for Beaver, Piute and Sevier counties as wildfire and flooding response operations continued.
