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In early September, dry conditions caused rapid fire growth, which filled the sky with dense smoke. This was bad news for air quality.

In 2017, WA and the northern part of CA, OR, ID, MT were overwhelmed by smoke caused by forest fires.

70 percent of the state is abnormally dry, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Swimming in fecal bacteria is not only gross but can make you sick.

The U.S. Drought Monitor map classifies much of the region as experiencing moderate drought-like conditions.

NOAA is forecasting summer to be even drier and warmer than normal, so dry conditions are likely to persist until the fall rains return.

We’re cleaning up a major intersection in Everett where part of a smelter that produced lead and arsenic once stood.

We have notified 93 junior water right holders in the Chehalis River basin that their access to surface water for irrigation is curtailed.

Continued cold, snowy weather during late winter brought the good news we needed for this summer’s water supply

Ecology Director Bellon submitted a letter to the U.S. Interior Secretary opposing a federal proposal to allow offshore oil and natural gas leasing on WA's outer continental shelf.