Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to hang over the area, with an Air Quality Alert in effect for most of Chicagoland.

An air quality alert has been extended for part of the Chicago area through Thursday.The alert for McHenry, Lake, Kane, DuPage, Kendall, Grundy, Cook and Will counties in Illinois and some of southern ...

Code Yellow Air Quality or moderate level for particle pollution are forecast for Thursday and Friday. This may cause health symptoms for groups of people in the unusually sensitive category.

As Vermont encounters its third day of poor air quality, state officials say that dealing with wildfire smoke pollution is “going to be a part of our future.” ...