Air Quality Update: UPDATE: Fortuna and communities in the Eel River drainage as well as Garberville, Shelter Cove, and surrounding communities were added to the list of places with advisories for Unhealthy to Very Unhealthy air quality over the next 24 hours due to fires in the region. PREVIOUS: The National Weather Service has issued […]
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Fire Crews Brace for Hotter, Drier Conditions; Wind May Push Smoke to Eureka
The Red Salmon Complex The fire complex burning about 8 miles northeast of Willow Creek has grown by nearly 2,000 acres since yesterday’s report, and now spans more than 110,000 acres of mostly national forest lands and is 31 percent contained. The fire, sparked July 27 by a lightning strike, is burning in Klamath, Six […]
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Air Quality ‘Good’ Throughout Much of Humboldt
Air quality throughout most of Humboldt County has improved substantially, despite fires burning to its east, north and south, the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District announced this morning. According to an advisory issued today, “overall good air quality conditions” are expected today from Rio Dell to Trinidad, in Orleans, Weithpec, Willow Creek and […]
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‘Unhealthy’ Air Advisory For Trinity, Coast is Clear
The communties of Hayfork, Ruth, Zenia-Kettenpom and Trinity Pines areas in Trinity County may experience ‘unhealthy’ conditions in the next 24 hours due to wildfire smoke, according to this morning’s air quality advisory from the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District. Coastal communities from Trinidad to Rio Dell will continue to experience ‘good’ conditions. There are no […]
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NCJ Preview: Smoke, Fire and Risking Live Shows in a Pandemic
Fire everywhere and smoke all over Humboldt. We’ll break down what’s happening with the closes wildfires and why even places some distance away were blanketed with smoke and orange haze last week. Plus what the future of the North Coast looks like in terms of climate and fire. We’re also talking about venues that are […]
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Humboldt County’s Air quality Has Been Up and Down. Here’s Where to Find the Clearest Information, T-S reports
The Times-Standard is reporting where Humboldt County residents can find the most reliable air quality index. In the report, Brian Wilson, a local air pollution control officer who works at North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District says that some air quality outlook websites use different formulas to assess the air quality. Wilson says that people should […]
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Surrounded
When dawn broke Sept. 9, Humboldt County was drowning in a sea of smoke, casting everything below in an almost glowing orange apocalyptic haze. The orange dawn turned to an orange morning, to an orange day. Street and porch lights with sensors glowed ominously throughout the day as worried Eureka residents called 911 to ask […]
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Smoky Conditions Improving in Most Areas
Things are clearing up for the coast but inland areas will continue to see unhealthy air quality due to smoke from wildfires burning across the region, although conditions are improving. The North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District issued the following forecast for the Humboldt County region, with advisories issued for Orleans, Hoopa and Weitchpec: […]
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HSU Campus Back Open Today
Humboldt State University is reopening today for on-campus classes after being closed for several days due to air quality concerns, according to a news release. “All face-to-face courses, outdoor activities, virtual instruction and operations will continue as scheduled,” the release states. According to AirNow’s Fire and Smoke Map, Arcata’s current air quality index is 45, or ‘good.’ The […]
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Fires Creating Unhealthy to Hazardous Air
Multiple fires in the region are continuing to create dangerously smoky skies with hazardous to unhealthy conditions for yet another day. An air quality advisory was issued again today for coastal areas from Rio Dell to Trinidad as well as Hoopa, Weitchpec, Willow Creek, Garberville and Redway while an alert was issued for Orleans, which […]
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Red Salmon Complex Expected to Grow, Regional Air Quality Remains ‘Unhealthy’
Fire crews have made progress battling the Red Salmon Complex fires burning east of the Hoopa valley Reservation and north-east of Willow Creek, but warn “the fire is expected to burn until sustained wetting rain extinguishes it.” The fire currently spans 77,848 acres in the Klamath, Six Rivers and Shasta-Trinity national forests within Humboldt, Trinity […]
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Humboldt County Unhealthy Air Quality PSA
Humboldt County will see unhealthy air quality due to fires surrounding the county states a public service announcement from the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District (NCUAQMD). An Air Quality ADVISORY was issued today for the communities of Orleans, Weitchpec, Hoopa, Willow Creek, Garberville, and Redway areas. Eureka will see generally unhealthy air quality for […]