Health How you can prepare for wildfire smoke in Seattle Some tips to protect you from whatever smoke is headed your way Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Environment Is another smoky summer inevitable? On this episode of SoundQs, we try and figure out whether smokey summers are the new normal and what this year might bring Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Environment Firefighters see danger. These goats see dinner High on the hill was a lonely goatherd. His name is Todd Waits, and along with two working dogs, he’s shepherding about 325 goats. Kara McDermott
Environment 1 Billion Acres At Risk For Catastrophic Wildfires, U.S. Forest Service Warns Chief Vicki Christiansen says the danger is now year-round, thanks to hazardous conditions in forests, rampant home development and the changing climate. Kirk Siegler
Environment Brace yourself: Wildfires are coming Will Seattle area skies be filled with smoke this summer? Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz says the state is prepping for another bad wildfire season. Angela King Jason Pagano
Environment Snow melts, anxiety rises: Wildfire season is here Dry conditions this spring have put many people in north central Washington on edge. Ashley Ahearn
Environment We're watching Washington state closely this fire season, says Forest Service chief Forest Service chief Vicki Christiansen tried to assure Sen. Maria Cantwell that the agency is working to reduce wildfire risk. Gil Aegerter
Politics Washington may rope in ranchers to fight rural wildfires — as Oregon and Idaho already do Washington state may soon copy a rural wildfire fighting strategy that Oregon, Idaho and Nevada already employ: letting private ranchers attack range fires before the blazes get big. Tom Banse
National 'What took a lifetime to accumulate ... was incinerated in minutes' For those who have survived the deadly fires in Northern and Southern California, the escape was just the beginning. Now they face the daunting task of rebuilding the lives they made. Colin Dwyer
National Wildfires Wreak Havoc On California, Including A Thousand Oaks Still In Mourning While the small community coped with a mass shooting Thursday, two dangerous blazes began nearby. Now firefighters are scrambling to contain them — as yet another fire rages hundreds of miles north. Colin Dwyer
