New air quality sensors arrive in Spokane, part of state effort to combat pollution

Wildfire smoke shrouds the steeples atop the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, left, the Steam Plant smoke stacks, the Fox Theater sign, and the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, right, on Aug. 2, 2021, in Spokane. (DAN PELLE/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW) Spokane County residents will soon be able to know how polluted the air in their own neighborhood is in real time. The Washington Department of Ecology is in the process of installing 11 new air quality sensors in Spokane and Spokane Valley that are designed to monitor fine particle...