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Summit County residents have noticed hazy skies this week as wildfires burn around the state. In turn, air quality has been negatively affected.
Air quality index ratings range from zero to 500 with a higher number indicating increasingly poor air quality. According to PurpleAir
, air quality ratings in Summit County ranged from 62 to 128 at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 23.
The 62 rating was recorded in Frisco via a Summit County government sensor and indicates that air quality is acceptable but might pose a moderate health concern for people who are exposed for 24 hours and are unusually sensitive to air pollution. The 128 index rating was recorded at Copper Mountain at the Copper Fire Station and indicates that the general public is not likely to be affected but “members of sensitive groups may experience health effects if they are exposed for 24 hours.”
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Father and daughter duo Dan and Emma Perritano are walking through Colorado on an annual pilgrimage to raise money for an important cause, spend time together and give Emma, who has cerebral palsy and must.
Summit County and local towns are considering an emergency declaration to help address the local affordable housing shortage and emphasize the increasingly dire circumstances of the issue to state and federal partners. Commissioner Tamara Pogue.