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Winthrop reached the "Unhealthy" status and is 100 AQI points behind Paradise, California. Author: Kelley Collins Updated: 2:58 PM PDT July 22, 2021 WINTHROP, Wash. — "Were number two! Were number two!," the National Weather Service tweeted regarding the air quality in Winthrop, Washington. Nationally, Winthrop has reached "unhealthy" air quality on Thursday. This placed Winthrop with the second worse air quality in the country and nearly 100 AQI points behind...

We bring you warnings about air quality in Montana from the Department of Environmental Qualitys air monitors, which are set up in various locations. The gauges measure the concentration of particles in the air, in this case, wildfire smoke. From that smoke concentration, the air quality can go from "Good" to "Moderate" to "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" to "Unhealthy" and then "Very Unhealthy," topped off with "Hazardous." On the Montana Todays Air website, select the date and you can see spe...

An Early Start to the Missoula Valley’s Wildfire Smoke Season Missoula County Air Quality Specialist Sarah Coefield has details. “Weve had some smoke drift into our area from some fires that popped up in southwestern Washington and Idaho,” said Coefield. “A little bit west of Mineral County,” she said. The Idaho fires really started going just yesterday and we had some breezes that picked up the smoke and delivered it into our area. You probably noticed that last night. It was getting...

In what may be the first step in a move away from the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) as the replacement rate for LIBOR, the Loan Syndications & Trading Association (LSTA)...