Wildfire smoke blankets Missoula County with unhealthy air quality as fires burn across the Northwest

Wildfire smoke between moderate and hazardous for Montanans

Today, air quality worsened over the great falls area in the afternoon. Unhealthy air quality prompts Air Quality Alerts in Dillon, Butte Hamilton, Missoula, Polson, Great Falls, Havre, and Lewistown. Highs today reached the low to mid

Smoky skies as state fire activity increases

Wildfire smoke continues to roll into Montana as fire season has begun to pick up both in the state and regionally the Montana Department of Environmental Quality said Monday. Much of western Montana was near or above 100 AQI, with…

Elder fires burn through 300 acres of forest west of Missoula

A pair of wildfires have burned through 318 acres in the mountains west of Missoula, one of several detected after a powerful thunderstorm swept through the area last week.

Wildfire smoke blankets Missoula County with unhealthy air quality as fires burn across the Northwest

Wildfire smoke from Oregon and the Northwest is blanketing Missoula County, with air quality ranging from unhealthy for sensitive groups to unhealthy for everyone.

Wildfire smoke from the Northwest sweeps across the US to Mid-Atlantic and Southeast

Wildfire smoke is once again spreading far beyond the flames, with hazy skies and air quality concerns pushing east from the Northwest into the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and even parts of the Southeast as the jet stream carries the plume across the country.