The forecast calls for 100+ temperatures and little to no rain through the end of the month, prompting commissioners to extend the Disaster Declaration for 30 days.
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Disaster declaration bans all outdoor burning.
Stephens County Commissioners proclaim May as Mental Health Awareness Month, continue local burn ban

May is Mental Health Awareness Month in Stephens County.

Stephens County Commissioners lifted the burn ban at their April 25 meeting.

At their meeting on Monday, Oct. 25, the Stephens County Commissioners voted to enact a ban on outdoor burning in Stephens County.

This morning, Wednesday, Oct. 20, Stephens County Judge Michael Roach, with the authority given to him by the commissioner’s court, rescinded the ban on outside burning in Stephens County.

Breckenridge and Stephens County will celebrate Independence Day with two community fireworks show, and although fireworks are on sale in the county, local officials want to remind residents and visitors that it is illegal to use fireworks in the city limits.

Stephens County commissioners adopted the 2021 fiscal-year budget and tax rate at their regular meeting Monday, Sept. 14. They also lifted the county-wide burn ban that was put in place in May and then reinstated in August.

Stephens County Commissioners voted at their meeting on Monday to reinstate the county-wide burn ban for another 90 days due

Breckenridge Fire Chief Calvin Cheney said that although the fire ban has been lifted and local residents can continue to