With a weather forecast showing high temperatures at 100 degrees or higher for the next week or two, the Stephens County Commissioners voted in a special meeting this morning, July 21, to put a burn ban in place for the county.
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On Monday, March 10, the Stephens County Commissioners voted to implement a burn ban for the county.

At their meeting on Monday, Sept. 9, Stephens County commissioners voted to lift a countywide burn ban.

Area firefighters are on the scene of a grassfire in northeast Stephens County, just hours after the County Commissioners enhanced the burn ban that’s been in place since June 24.

Stephens County residents remain under a fire ban after the County Commissioners took no action on the agenda item at their meeting this morning, July 8.

The Breckenridge Fire Department responded to wildfire off of State Highway 67 shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday evening, June 27, quickly extinguishing the blaze.

At their meeting on Monday, June 24, the Stephens County Commissioners voted to enact a burn ban for the unincorporated areas of the county.

The Stephens County Commissioners voted Monday, Aug. 14, to expand the Burn Ban that was originally approved on July 10.

The Stephens County Commissioners met on Monday morning, July 10.

The burn ban was lifted Friday morning, Oct. 28.