By Matthew Brown and Padmananda Rama, The Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — Huge gaps between air quality sensors in the western U.S. have created blind spots in the warning system for wildfire smoke plumes sweeping North America this summer, amid growing concern over potential health impacts to millions of people exposed to the pollution. Government […]
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Heavy smoke from West Coast wildfires is expected to blanket Colorado this weekend
Heavy smoke from wildfires in California and Oregon is expected to blow from northwestern Colorado across much of the state Friday afternoon and Saturday, causing hazy conditions and one of the heaviest fine particulate matter concentrations of the year, according to an advisory from the state’s health department and the National Weather Service. Residents sensitive […]
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Wildfire smoke triggers more pollution alerts in Colorado, U.S. West
Numerous areas of the U.S. West and Midwest were under air quality alerts on Sunday as wildfire smoke lingered over much of the country. Alerts were in place across much of the northern U.S. Rockies, including portions of Colorado, Wyoming, Washington state and Idaho. Further to the east, smoke from fires burning into Canada triggered […]
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Drew Litton: Colorado’s Cameron Peak infection
More cartoons from The Colorado Sun.
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Drew Litton: What could possibly be next for Colorado?
More cartoons from The Colorado Sun.