SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. (AP) — Emergency responders rescued a man after he fell about 19 feet in a grain elevator at a local processing plant, according to the Spokane Valley Fire...

DETROIT (AP) — A company can no longer burn trash at a Detroit incinerator as part of an agreement with the state.

Detroit Renewable Power has entered into an agreement to resolve violations...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a Taiwan-based conglomerate’s plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana because the Army Corps of Engineers is...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming air quality regulators are working on preparations and forecasts for the 2021 winter ozone season in the state’s Upper Green River Basin.

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Two 61-year-old twin brothers in Wyoming were found dead over the weekend, authorities said.

The Cody Police Department said one of the men had recently tested positive for...

PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County has ordered restrictions that include a prohibition on burning wood in residential fireplaces and in outdoor fire pits and chimineas after state environmental...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado air regulators have backtracked on a plan to close three coal plants by 2029, a move that has left environmental groups disappointed.

COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont Medical Center will be closing the operating rooms at its Fanny Allen campus in Colchester after staff members reported symptoms, including...

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska island village plans to use an advanced version of an ancient renewable energy system to lower its high energy costs.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has shifted its three Twenty20s against Zimbabwe next month to Rawalpindi because of increasing air pollution in Lahore.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's air quality has improved over the last 15 years, according to report state environmental officials released Friday.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — About 200 soldiers at North Carolina's Fort Bragg have been moved from their barracks after an anonymous complaint revealed mold in some housing units, officials...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky on Tuesday announced it is using about $8.5 million from the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal settlement to replace old transit system buses with cleaner ones and...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Diminished air quality has returned to much Oregon because of wildfire smoke, reaching unhealthy levels in the central and southern parts of the state.

BELDING, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan company faces a $115,000 fine as part of a proposed consent order with the state over safety concerns tied to the use of a chemical used to make chlorine...

MIAMI (AP) — As Florida's largest school district prepares for a first wave of students to return to physical classrooms on Monday, several teachers and parents say schools are struggling to be...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich introduced a bill Thursday aimed at improving air quality in schools.

The Keeping Schools Safe Act would include $1 billion in funding for...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A large fire in the yard of an Albuquerque recycling plant on Tuesday has been contained with no reported injuries, authorities said.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Colorado officials have approved new rules that require air pollution monitoring at oil and gas sites during early stages of operations — the first state regulatory...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Kings Canyon National Park reopened to visitors on Wednesday and Yosemite National Park will welcome back visitors on Friday as air quality...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mel Reid shot a 7-under 65 on her 33rd birthday Saturday to take a two-stroke lead over defending champion Hannah Green into the final round of the Cambia Portland...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hannah Green had to wait an extra day to open her title defense in the Cambria Portland Classic. Once she got going, about the only thing that slowed her was a 1 1/2-hour...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada has been largely spared from the blazes roaring through the West; the state is currently experiencing no active wildfires.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The availability of coronavirus testing in Oregon decreased this week due to the massive wildfires and the hazardous air quality that stretched across the state.

SEATTLE (AP) — Two people who were staying at King County’s temporary shelter in Seattle to escape the poor air quality from wildfires have tested positive for COVID-19, the county Department of...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The high school campus that serves Vermont’s largest city is going to remain closed to in-person learning for at least the fall semester — and it has nothing to do with the...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The Skagit County Department of Emergency Management in northwest Washington state has provided about 2,000 N95 masks to protect agricultural workers amid the widespread...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The LPGA Tour's Portland Classic set for this weekend has been reduced to 54 holes because of poor air quality caused by wildfires that have been burning across the...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Air quality in western Montana is suffering as westerly winds carry wildfire smoke in from neighboring states, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality said.