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Advocates looking for those who want to be a part of the solution to homelessness to attend city’s upcoming learning sessionsThe city of Asheville will be holdi

Weber State University students, faculty and staff can now add their Wildcard to Apple Wallet or Google Pay and use their mobile devices to access campus buildings, purchase meals and more.

The following editorial appeared in the Baltimore Sun. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Times-News.

What is the Air Quality Index, and how long can Atlanta expect to be under a Code Orange Alert? Here's a cohesive breakdown:

Meteorologists struggled to explain “Smokeageddon,” the acrid campfire haze that settled over the East Coast and Midwest last month, and with good reason: It was unprecedented. Before this summer, code purple and code maroon air quality alerts, the two most dire categories, were almost unknown in the eastern United States. The American Lung Association, which…

Canada deployed its military to help overwhelmed local authorities and emergency workers fight intensifying wildfires, which have burned nearly 25 million acres of the countrys land so far this year.

If the air quality rating increases to Code Red, the Erie Port Authority said participants to follow the guidance of the DEP. 

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been issuing warnings about air quality, due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. On June 29 it declared a Code Red Air Quality

Air quality has reached record-low levels because of Canadian wildfire smoke. These maps and charts show how widespread and frequent the unhealthy air has been.

HARRISBURG — The state Department of Environmental Protection has declared a statewide Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Friday for particulate matter from the smoke from Canadian wildfires.