Air quality impacts of Northwest wildfires reach as far as New YorkForget apples, hipsters and microbrews — the Pacific Northwest may soon be known for supplying something else to the rest of the country: smoke from wildfires.
Crews making good progress on central Washington wildfireSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Crews aided by calmer winds are making good progress on a 109-square-mile (282-square-kilometer) wildfire in central Washington.