11:52 a.m. on Aug. 26, 2026 – Tarleton State Risk Management is monitoring the air quality due to the smoke and a fire-related odor in the Stephenville area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heavy smoke across Stephenville and nearby areas is coming from the Ross Fire in Palo Pinto and Jack counties. Shifting winds are carrying smoke southeast into Erath and surrounding counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Air quality is currently considered moderate. Students, faculty and staff participating in outdoor activities are encouraged to monitor air quality and adjust plans as needed. Texas Dept. of Emergency Management<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Current wildfire status<\/a> from the Texas A&M Forest Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 11:52 a.m. on Aug. 26, 2026 – Tarleton State Risk Management is monitoring the air quality due to the smoke and a fire-related odor in the Stephenville area. Heavy smoke …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":595,"featured_media":791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":25,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-informational"],"acf":{"delayed_start":"No","remote_work":"No","campus_closure":"No","inject_banner":"No","custom_headline_choice":"No","custom_desc_choice":"No","cta_text_choice":"No","cta_link_choice":"No"},"author_meta":{"display_name":"jpartin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/author\/jpartin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2023\/10\/codepurple-featured-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Informational<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Informational<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 week ago","modified":"Updated 1 week ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on August 26, 2026","modified":"Updated on August 26, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on August 26, 2026 4:52 pm","modified":"Updated on August 26, 2026 7:36 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Text graphic with bold purple and white letters reading 'CODE PURPLE'.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1634"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1640,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634\/revisions\/1640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/texanalert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Air Quality Index<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n