Air Quality

Over the last several days after last weekend’s record cold and snow, the air quality in the Missoula Valley deteriorated, according to Missoula City County Health Department Air Quality Specialist Sarah Coefield.

The National Weather Service said that air quality in Missoula and Frenchtown is rated as Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups after smoke from California wildfires became trapped in the valley.

With the Magpie Rock Fire burning over 2,000 acres in Sanders County and several other smaller fires burning in the Mission and Flathead areas, smoke is making its way into the Missoula and Bitterroot Valleys.

Missoula's record dry spell ended on Monday after 47 days without any measurable precipitation with .54 inches of rain.

When the haze is so thick the mountains to the north are mere silhouettes, the presumption is that western Montana is socked in with wildfire smoke.

No, it’s not a new game show, it’s the question everyone is asking as they wake up and see the bluish haze that masks the beautiful mountains around western Montana

When wildfire smoke begins to affect western Montana, as it is predicted to do this fire season, Air Quality Specialist Sarah Coefield warns of what she calls a 'Devil's Bargain'.

In what is being termed 'a miracle rescue', a five month-old baby was rescued early Sunday morning after a 32 year-old man allegedly buried the child in the woods near Lolo Hot Springs.

When it comes to short term particle pollution, Missoula improved a little in 2016, but it is still one of the nation's worst.

Smoke in western Montana was especially bad this week , and according to DEQ Air Quality Meteorologist Kristen Martin, it’s not likely to get better for many more days