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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Health officials have issued air quality warning in eastern Washington and Idaho due to smoke from multiple large wildfires.
According to air quality officials, strong winds have pushed the smoky haze down from the wildfires raging in British Columbia...

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires driving people from their homes in California and throughout the West have had help from an unlikely source: the rain.
Major winter downpours that pulled the state out of years of drought also brought a layer of grass that early-summer fires are eating up...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Three wildfires burning in grasslands south of Wenatchee, Washington, had grown to approximately 36.7 square miles (95 square kilometers), but had not destroyed any structures.
Firefighters on Wednesday were trying to prevent the fires from growing to protect property and …

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Two wildfires burning in north central Washington have consumed more than 11 square miles (30.3 square kilometers).
The Spartan Fire in Chelan County had burned about seven square miles (18.1 square kilometers) on Tuesday and threatened some 80 homes...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — State officials are warning about increased wildfire danger in all of Eastern Washington through the weekend.
The state Department of Natural Resources says increasing winds, higher temperatures and lower humidity are expected to heighten the risk of wildfires...

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal officials hoping to reduce the threat of wildfires plan controlled burns on 9,000 acres (3642 hectares) on the east slope of the Cascade Range in Washington state.
The Seattle Times reports that the controlled burns this spring in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest ar…

** Whenever he talks about the 2018 farm bill, House Ag Committee Chairman Michael Conaway says his goal is “a good farm bill passed on time.”
But while the elements of a successful farm bill may be debatable, enacting a farm bill ahead of the September 2018 expiration of …

GRAND COULEE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities are telling people in Grand Coulee and Elmer City to be on alert as two wildfires are burning on both sides of the Columbia River.
The Grant County Sheriff's Office says one of the wildfires is burning on the west side of the Columbia River near Grand…

SPOKANE (AP)  Gov. Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency for 20 Eastern Washington counties in response to multiple wildfires that threaten homes and natural resources.
Inslee issued the declaration Tuesday after touring fires in the Spokane region...