KBZK.com
BOZEMAN, MONTANA | CONTINUOUS NEWS COVERAGE
Butte News
Butte's air quality reaches unhealthy standards
Posted: Jan 21, 2013 1:09 PM by KXLF
Updated: Jan 21, 2013 2:55 PM
BUTTE - Butte's air quality reached unhealthy standards this morning, according to monitoring data on TodaysAir.mt.gov, provided by the Department of Environmental Quality.
The air quality started to improve around 11 a.m. The air quality remains unhealthy for sensitive groups, according to the DEQ. Representatives with the Butte-Silver Bow Health Department recommend limiting rigorous outdoor activity.
The Butte-Silver Bow valley is experiencing radiation inversions. Fine particulate matter is pinned in the valley at night when cold air rolls in, according to Paul Riley, environmental monitoring director with the Butte-Silver Bow Health Department. It will take strong upper level winds to disperse the particulate matter out of the valley, according to Riley.
Visit todaysair.mt.gov for updates on Butte's air quality standards.
Montana News
-
Montana schoolhouses on list of Most Endangered Historic Places
-
Search continues for missing Livingston man
-
Montana county buying insurance for jail inmates
-
Storm cleanup underway at Glacier National Park
-
Over 120 breeds compete in Yellowstone Valley Kennel Club dog show in Billings
-
Hail smacks some Montana crops
-
Butte teen arrested for swinging crowbar, knife at people
Campaign 2012
-
Welch drops recount request for school superintendent
-
Judge approves recount for Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction race
-
Juneau confident about recount in OPI race
-
Welch files application for recount in Superintendent of Public Instruction race
-
Board of Canvassers certifies 2012 Election results
-
Canvassing begins Tuesday for November election
-
Bullock begins transitioning as governor
Most Clicked ( 3 Days)
- Rainbow Family picks Montana gathering place; Plans made for jail overcrowding
- Woman arrested for DUI at McDonald's drive-thru with children in car
- Search for missing Livingston man continues after car found at trailhead
- Funnel cloud prompted a Tornado Warning to be issued earlier today
- Car, dump truck collide near Belgrade
- Details emerge in Browning crash that claimed 5 lives
- Man pepper-sprayed by hotel clerk after allegedly assaulting wife
- Butte CCCS walkaway sought
- MHP: Last weekend was second-deadliest in recent history
- CDC: 99 cases of hepatitis A may be linked to Townsend Farms product
KBZK Video
Comments