A dust-laden monsoon line forced a temporary ground stop at Phoenix Sky Harbor, grounding incoming flights and producing widespread delays across the Valley.

A new program called PriorityEvac sells $1,250 annual memberships that reserve seats on prebooked evacuation flights from six Florida airports to Atlanta for hurricanes.

Harris County broke ground July 13 on the Poor Farm Ditch rebuild, a $32.7M project meant to boost stormwater capacity and protect roughly 500 inner-loop homes. Work will be staged to limit disruption and is managed by the Flood Control District.