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As wildfire season begins in Washington state, advocates are working to ensure that people who speak Spanish get important information during emergencies.

Sensors developed in part by Washington State University could test your smoke exposure before health problems crop up.

(Runtime 1:08) A few days ago, Finley resident Scott Matthews was at the local general store. He ran into someone who asked him to smell their…

(Runtime 1:09) As heat waves and wildfire season continue, the Community for the Advancement of Family Education or CAFÉ, a local nonprofit, organized a…

Dry, hot and windy conditions have communities on alert for wildfire danger across the Pacific Northwest. Those conditions propelled fire growth over the weekend, and more of the same weather is expected this week.

A month in and the largest warehouse fire in the Tri-Cities is still smoldering, kicking up plumes of potentially toxic smoke.Now, health officials will…

As wildfires become more prevalent, researchers are looking at how their smoke could affect health outcomes.

(Runtime 1:09)To better understand fire emissions under worst-case climate scenarios, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory first taught a…

Lawmakers are allocating over $6 billion this fiscal year to support the Department of the Interior and the United States Forest Service in wildfire response.It’s an increase of 14% from the last year’s funding, and will support wildfire suppression, operations and a new research hub to aid fire management. This fiscal year, the forest service will see an increase of $576 million in available funding for wildfire response.

Pierce, Skamania and Clark counties have active wildfires after a warm and dry weekend.