Is there something in the air?
A screenshot of the air quality for Shoshone County through AIR Idaho phone app earlier this weeks indicated that the air quality was in the yellow or moderate zone.
CAROLYN BOSTICK/Press
A screenshot of the air quality for Kootenai County through AIR Idaho phone app earlier this weeks indicated that the air quality was in the yellow or moderate zone.
Though it’s been referred to as fire season for years, Dan Smith, regional airshed coordinator for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) prefers to call it “smoke season,” as it relates to his profession.
So far, even with local fires such as the Ridge Creek Fire in Hayden Lake and Sarah Loop Fire in Athol currently being battled, air quality in North Idaho has remained relatively stable...
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