Air quality poor

Smoke from regional wildfires settled over Spokane Valley on Monday morning, sending air quality readings into the category of unhealthy for people with breathing issues.

The air quality index at the Broadway Elementary School monitoring site stood at 137 on Monday morning; a range of 100 to 150 is considered unhealthy for sensitive people.

By 4:15 p.m., the monitoring station in Spokane Valley reported air in the good range while stations in Spokane, Airway Heights and Colbert had moderately polluted air.

Parks staff in Spokane Valley was keeping an eye on air quality and said it would close city pools and cancel an outdoor movie if conditions worsened to unhealthy for all individuals.

Air quality was also reportedly poor in parts of North Idaho on Monday. The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued an advisory for deteriorating air quality in the northern counties through Tuesday/ Mike Prager , SR. More here (subscription) .