KIRO Newsradio Headlines: Lightest wildfire season for WA in a decade

Washington is seeing its lightest wildfire season in a decade.

The wet, cool start to summer made a big difference.

Our state’s public lands commissioner says new firefighting strategies are helping, as well.

We’ve had approximately 10% of the land scorched this entire summer, as we did over Labor Day weekend in 2020.

One of those fires leveled most of Malden in Eastern Washington and burning forests temporarily gave Western Washington the worst air quality in the world.

Orca Lift Rides to drop in price

Major changes to the price of public transportation are coming.

Most local transit agencies that aren’t already letting teens and kids ride for free,

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