Air quality health advisory in effect

GRANT COUNTY, WA – The Grant County Health District has issued an air advisory as a result of wildfire smoke effecting the air quality in Grant County and across Washington State. The smoke is not expected to clear in the short-term, keeping the air quality between unhealthy for sensitive groups and unhealthy for all groups.

Poor air quality and inhaling wildfire smoke is unhealthy for all people but can significantly impact people with asthma and other lung diseases, as well as infants, children, pregnant women, and older adults. Levels of pollutants that may not affect healthy people may cau...