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  We All Know Smoke Is Bad For Your Health. It Could Be Worse Than You Think

  Could smoke carry disease-causing microorganisms? "It's a very new idea to think of smoke as having a living component," says Leda Kobziar, co-author of an article that explores this theory.

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  The Record

  Residents are still awaiting help months after wildfires blitzed Eastern Washington

  The towns of Pine City and Malden in Eastern Washington were nearly decimated by a surprise combination of wildfire and high winds. Two months later, they're still waiting on federal aid to support the hundreds who are displaced.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  September smoke may have led to nearly 200 deaths in Washington

  Researchers say nearly 200 people in Washington died in September as a result of wildfire smoke.
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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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