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Smoke from Arizona wildfires has not severely affected air quality in Phoenix area Olivia Munson, Arizona Republic © Michael Chow/The Republic The sun sets through smoke from wildfires, including the Rafael Fire burning near Sedona, in this photo taken north of Phoenix on June 27, 2021. Wildfire smoke has made its way to metro Phoenix, but this is not cause for alarm, because air quality has stayed within the federal health standard, weather officials say.  "The air quality monitors, especially the PM2.5, which is the smoke monitors around the Valley, actually haven't see...

Smoke from Arizona wildfires contributes to New Mexico air quality alert Associated Press © Provided by Tucson (Sierra Vista) KOLD Smoke from the Telegraph and Mescal wildfires is blowing to the northeast toward New Mexico. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Residents of western and central New Mexico are being warned that air quality is being diminished by large amounts of smoke from wildfires in Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Smoke from the #TelegraphFire and #MescalFire continues to disperse toward the NE this afternoon, as seen on visible satellite. Much less smoke noted o...

Some Madison-area restaurant owners that developed online restaurant concepts during the pandemic say the experiments paid off during an uncertain time.

State of the Air: Pima County gets a failing grade, but ozone pollutants are dropping State of the Air: Pima County gets “F,” but ozone pollutants dropping By Megan McNeil | April 21, 2021 at 5:51 PM MST - Updated April 21 at 5:51 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - According to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, Pima County does not pass with flying colors when it comes to ozone pollution levels — in fact, it received an “F.” However, data seems to be going in the right direction. A dusty Wednesday marked the release of the report in Tucson. Some a...

We had a few drops of rain one day in December, but until this week, we’d missed out on real storms here in the Phoenix area for several months. Now they’ve finally arrived, first on Tuesday, and then some sprinkles on Thursday morning. At least two winter storms are on the way in the coming days, and they are bringing rain and snow to parts of Arizona over the weekend and into next week. National Weather Service meteorologist Emily Thornton says these storms — especially the second one — are significant, but not uncharacteristic for the area. “We’re going to mostly be seeing snow...