Wildfires

These particles are so small they easily penetrate deep into the lungs and even into our bloodstream, leading to premature deaths, heart attacks and asthma attacks.

The effort to calm the suspect lasted several hours and drew many law enforcement officers and ultimately what was described as a crowd of about 100 people including families with children.

Other schools in the valley and the state are making individual decisions for students in public schools.

The state is till 50 years behind in forest management and the helicopters used to fight fires are 50 year old relics from Vietnam!

The Department of the Interior has taken notice and today announced it had nearly tripled goals set by President Trump for vegetative treatments intended to reduce wildfire risk last year.

The fire came close to a home and an RV, but firefighters were able to douse the flames before anything else burned.

The cause remains under investigation.
Firefighters also doused flames of a hay truck fire on I-90 near Vantage. No injuries were reported in that fire as well.

A US Forest Service news release reveals that from the Canadian border to south of Yakima, firefighters in Central Washington are planning to burn thousands of acres this fall to increase forest health and protect nearby communities.

The largest fire in the state is the Williams Flats fire near Keller Washington is now at more than 44,000 acres with 45 percent containment.
Flash flooding in the area on Sunday washed out many roads in the area as firefighters continue to battle the flames started by a lightning strike last week.

The National Weather Service forecast for this week isn't calling for any big storms mainly just some clouds and sun.