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FLORENCE, Mont. — The hum of RV generators and faint whiff of pine lent ambiance on a recent evening to the Charles Waters campground in the Bitterroot Mountains.

Wildfire smoke is affecting the health of people who live in Idaho, where air quality is now more often unhealthy or hazardous.

SALMON – The Moose Fire near Salmon has held steady over the last week showing little growth, which has allowed firefighters to expand containment lines around the blaze. The blaze is at 130,093 acres and is 51% contained, according to a Wednesday morning news release from Salmon-Challis National Forest. Full containment is estimated for Oct. […]

Wildfires have really been hosed down by storms recently with the end of the fire season much closer than it was just a few weeks ago.

Wildfires have really been hosed down by storms recently with the end of the fire season much closer than it was just a few weeks ago.

The Moose Fire which was first spotted on July 17 is burning north of Salmon, Idaho in the Salmon-Challis National Forest.

Wildfires have really been hosed down by storms recently with the end of the fire season much closer than it was just a few weeks ago.

The Moose Fire which was first spotted on July 17 is burning north of Salmon, Idaho in the Salmon-Challis National Forest.

The Moose Fire which was first spotted on July 17 is burning north of Salmon, Idaho in the Salmon-Challis National Forest.

The Moose Fire which was first spotted on July 17 is burning north of Salmon, Idaho in the Salmon-Challis National Forest.