Panhandle

The first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The state has awarded around $660 million since the plan was published, with a special legislative session coming.

Ninety years this week, Oklahomans were met with a large wall of rolling black dust and sand, a day now known as "Black Sunday."

That raises the number of confirmed cases since January to 279, with 36 patients hospitalized.

A lack of air support and ineffective coordination hurt efforts to contain this year's Panhandle fires, the committee said.

After years of decline, monarch butterfly numbers appear to be increasing, after decreasing for the past five years.As Texas A&M Today reports, Craig…