Unhealthy haze

With wildfires burning locally and across the nation and little reprieve from the hot, dry weather in sight, it’s likely that the smoke haze is here to stay for the time being. Air quality alerts issued by the Wyoming Air Quality Division and National Weather Service covered much of Crook County over the weekend and into the beginning of this week due to the wildfire smoke drifting across the region.

The federal AirNow system has detected smoke plumes over this area over recent days and moderate to unhealthy air quality – which isn’t good news when it comes to health.

AirNow is a part...