By the Division for Air Quality When Division for Air Quality educator Roberta Burnes works with students, she often starts with a single question: How do we know if the air is clean? In other words, how do we know if the air is meeting federal air quality […]
By Roberta Burnes The Division for Air Quality Boyd County residents are breathing easier these days, thanks in part to the work of odor-sniffing inspectors from the Division for Air Quality. In 2014, a steady increase in complaints about foul-smelling air around the Big Run Landfill was received […]
By Lanny Brannock and Carrie Searcy The smell is what you notice first. It smells like a crackling fireplace or a bonfire, but then you see the blanket of blue smoke wafting over Pine Mountain. And you understand. It’s early November and wildfires are consuming thousands of acres […]