burn ban

Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency has issued a Stage 2 burn ban due to forecasted weather conditions that will be contributing to a build-up of air pollutants. How long will it last?

There's nothing quite like cozying up to a roaring fire on a cold, snowy, winter night. Hold on a minute. Before you strike the match and get the marshmallows skewered, you need to know about the latest burn ban and how it may affect your plans.

they've downgraded the current Stage 2 Burn Ban to a Stage 1 Burn Ban for Yakima County.

This temporary restriction until weather conditions change.

The agency says air pollutants are trapped in the valley as a result of the weather. The stage two burn ban was called on Wednesday afternoon.

Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz is instituting a statewide ban on outdoor burning on the 13 million acres of forests and state parks under DNR fire protection.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources has issued a burn ban on DNR-protected lands in Eastern Washington, effective Saturday. The ban applies to all outdoor burning on state forests, state parks and forestlands under DNR fire protection east of the crest of the Cascade Range...

If you spent the weekend relaxing and away from all the heat in the valley you were like most people. It was a different weekend for area firefighters. They were kept busy by a big wildfire in the Moxee area on Friday afternoon. The Desmarais fire near Moxee burned on the ridge between Moxee and Zillah was contained Sunday at 10, 165 acres...

OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire tonight extended a burn ban for all counties east of the Cascade crest, prohibiting all outdoor burning through midnight Sunday, Sept. 30. An emergency proclamation declaring a State of Emergency remains in effect, and allows continued air support from Washington’s National Guard to help fight ongoing wildfires...

Yakima city council races, a propostion to change county government, and a statewide initiative to privatize  liquor sales highlight today's ballot. That story and more from KIT's Lance Tormey.