Wildfires

Wildfire season in Washington state: How prescribed burns could reduce danger

With wildfire smoke blanketing the entire state, Soundside host Libby Denkmann looks at the state of fires burning near Spokane, and how prescribed burns could help mitigate the issues we face every year.

Want to get outside? Go now, before the smoke returns to the Seattle area

Winds from the Pacific are currently clearing the smoke out of the Puget Sound region, and the air quality here is expected to be pretty good through Thursday midday. But the area could be in for more bad air quality by next weekend, when the winds might bring wildfire smoke from Canada down into the Seattle area.

Emergency declaration as Spokane battles deadly wildfires

A Filipino congregation took in its own members after their Lahaina homes burned

The devastating fires on Maui burned more than 2,000 homes and buildings in Lahaina. Many churches have taken in their congregants because they have nowhere to go.

Is Seattle's arts infrastructure crumbling?

The Museum of Museums opened during a global pandemic. And it was like a breath of fresh air. A chance to enter another world - filled with sculptures and paintings lit in neon light. But now, three years after it first opened, the Museum of Museums is shutting down.

'The most dense and consolidated damage I've seen': A WA firefighter's dispatches from Maui

As western Maui begins to heal after deadly wildfires, first responders are searching destroyed homes, assisting displaced people, and distributing supplies. Personnel from Washington state are on the ground for that effort.