wildfires

Call it "canary in the smoke-choked city."While people are struggling with the unhealthy air quality in Seattle, the animals are having similar…

When it comes to wildfires, the people of Wenatchee remember 2012.The air was so choked with smoke that summer camps were canceled and kids kept inside.…

Ross Reynolds talks to Ian Bailey, a reporter for the Globe and Mail, about the provincewide state of emergency in British Columbia due to the ongoing…

If you're a longtime Seattleite, this may seem like one of the worst weeks ever for air pollution.Air quality experts say ... that's probably true. Puget…

The sky is ash gray; the lake is too.Wenatchee and Chelan, popular summer destinations for middle class Seattleites, look like the end of the world right…

Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington research ecologist Jessica Halofsky about why changing forest management practices could help prevent…

The smoky skies over Seattle may be the new summer normal, according to Sim Larkin, a research meteorologist for the U.S. Forest Service.“We’re in a…