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  KUOW Newsroom

  Smoke in the water: wildfire soot doesn’t just disappear once it rains

  Rain has knocked down the smoke plaguing the Northwest, but smoky hazards linger.
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  Week In Review

  A new Street Czar, a pier collapse, and continued wildfire smoke this week

  Bill Radke discusses the week's news with Geekwire contributing editor Monica Nickelsburg, Seattle Met deputy editor Allison Williams, and PubliCola editor and publisher Erica C Barnett.
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  The Record

  September 17th | Jenny Durkan is a fan of Ken Jennings, is not a fan of AG William Barr

  How is more screen time, from zoom school and remote work to online gaming, affecting families? Two experts give tactics for handling screen time. Winningest Jeopardy! contestant and local Ken Jennings talking about joining Alex Trebek as a producer and presenter when the show returns this week. And Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan lays out the multiple crises the city’s facing and takes listener calls.
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  The presence of wildfire smoke could have you feeling bad — and not for the reason you think

  As Seattle residents have taken measures to keep wildfire smoke out of their homes, they say another problem has emerged: Increased carbon dioxide levels and decreased air flow in their homes.

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  Seattle Now

  Seattle Now: Fighting fire with fire

  For thousands of years, native tribes prevented destructive wildfires... by setting fires on purpose. Now prescribed burning could solve the West's wildfire problem.
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  Haze Spreads Across U.S. As Wildfires Continue To Tear Through The West

  Scientists have linked an increasing prevalence and intensity of wildfires to climate change, and residents of Western states are grappling with the dread that severe fire seasons are the new normal.

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  The Record

  Another week of wildfire smoke. But it’s not because of antifa.

  It looks like we’re in for another week of wildfire smoke. We’ll find out why and when it’s expected to start clearing. And, there are stories going around Oregon that antifa set some of the wildfires...or maybe the Proud Boys. We’ll look at how those conspiracies proliferate and why they’re dangerous. And, how to recreate outdoors without “wreck-reating”.
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  At Least 35 Dead As Wildfires Rampage Along The West Coast

  In addition to dangerous smoke and fog, there is now concern that two of the biggest fires threatening cities and towns near Portland, Ore., might combine.

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  KUOW Newsroom

  'Scorched earth, as far as the eye can see.' How Washington wildfires are devastating human and animal communities

  Since Labor Day, more than 600,000 acres have burned across Washington State. Wildfires have burned an area more than 10 times the size of Seattle. In the city of Bridgeport, in North Central Washington, the wildfires wiped out homes and structures. It's also threatening a key species there.
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  Week In Review

  Wild fires, Russian hackers and the arrival of e-scooters, this week

  Ross Reynolds reviews the week's news with tech reporter for the New York Times Karen Weise, journalist with The C is for Crank, Erica C Barnett, and publisher of The Washington State Wire, DJ Wilson.

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