DEQ issues air quality warning

OEUR d’ALENE — While there have been a couple of small fires in North Idaho over the weekend, fire officials say the smoky skies are from larger fires in Washington.

There is so much smoke that the Department of Environmental Quality issued a health advisory on Monday.

“Due to wildfire smoke, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an air quality forecast and caution to notify residents of Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Shoshone and Benewah counties of degraded air quality,” the advisory said. “Air quality currently ranges from the moderate category to unhealthy.”

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