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Monday, April 08, 2013  The White House has approved federal disaster aid for 17 Oklahoma counties hit hard by a winter storm in February.

Friday, September 28, 2012  Gov. Mary Fallin has removed another 22 counties from state-issued burn bans.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says at least seven people are dead after a head-on collision near the town of Elmwood in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Monday, September 17, 2012  Gov. Mary Fallin has lifted burn bans in 22 Oklahoma counties.

Friday, August 03, 2012  A 51-year-old Beaver, Okla., man was killed on Thursday when the tractor trailer he was driving overturned in Roberts County.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  A fire that threatened the small Oklahoma Panhandle town of Beaver is now under control.

Friday, June 22, 2012  Oklahoma's three-day early voting period will begin at county election board offices across the state.

Friday, June 15, 2012  Authorities say severe thunderstorms left minor tree damage as they moved through the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Friday, March 23, 2012  Employment statistics show that Latimer County had the highest unemployment rate in Oklahoma in January at 11.3 percent.

Tuesday, April 05, 2011  Election results for the Oklahoma Panhandle- April 5

Thursday, March 24, 2011  It's being dubbed one of the largest grassfires in the history of the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011  13 people were arrested in the Oklahoma Panhandle after authorities wrapped up a four-month undercover drug bust, "Operation Surprise."

Wednesday, December 22, 2010  A powerful storm dumped more rain on already waterlogged Southern California on Wednesday, washing hillsides onto highways, endangering houses in canyons and forcing rescuers to pluck dozens of motorists from flooded streets.

Thursday, June 24, 2010  Xcel Energy says all power has been restored.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010  The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for the Oklahoma Panhandle.