Six weeks after Tropical Storm Helene, sludge from roiling floodwaters has turned into sunbaked dust, brought on by an extended warm, dry spell and repair crews trying to make Asheville and ...

The above map shows all of the counties that have ... according to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control ...

Measure B would fund more lanes for Highway 65 in Placer County. After Friday’s batch of results, the measure was short of the needed two-thirds majority. Placer County Transportation Planning ...

Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today at 4:07 p.m. in Placer County. Ponderosa Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no data on the containment ...

Federal and state public health and regulatory agencies contributed to the guidance document the County of San Diego put ...

An Air Quality Watch for Santa Barbara County remains in place because of smoke from the Santa Lucia Fire outside of Lompoc and the Mountain Fire in Ventura County. The watch was announced ...

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"This past summer, the community experienced an unprecedented increase in the intensity of odors resulting from high sewage ...

Google has introduced a real-time air quality index (AQI) feature to its Maps app, enabling users to monitor the air quality ...

A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both ...