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Feeling overwhelmed by all these heat and air quality alerts? Here鈥檚 what you need to know

By In The NoCo,
Ariel Lavery, Erin O'Toole
Published July 24, 2024 at 5:40 AM MDT
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View overlooks North Boulder from Davidson Mesa on July 23, 2024.
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Air quality on the Front Range has gotten to severe levels this week as smoke from fires in the Pacific Northwest and Canada affect the area. This image was taken from Davidson Mesa, overlooking Boulder, CO on Tuesday July 23, 2024.

You might be getting lots of push notifications this summer 鈥� from ozone action day alerts and air quality alerts, to heat and wildfire smoke advisories.

So far this summer, we've seen more than 25 days with highs over 90 degrees. And federal air quality regulators say Front Range cities have racked up multiple ozone violations this year, .

But how do you know which alerts to pay attention to, and what to do when you get them?

In today鈥檚 episode host Erin O鈥橳oole talks with Kaiser Permanente Community Health Consultant about whether you should change your plans, and how to stay healthy this time of year.

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In The NoCo
KUNC's In The NoCo is a daily slice of stories, news, people and issues. It's a window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The show brings context and insight to the stories of the day, often elevating unheard voices in the process. And because life in Northern Colorado is a balance of work and play, we celebrate the lighter side of things here, too.
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Ariel Lavery
Ariel Lavery grew up in Louisville, Colorado and has returned to the Front Range after spending over 25 years moving around the country. She co-created the podcast Middle of Everywhere for WKMS, Murray State University鈥檚 NPR member station, and won Public Media Journalism awards in every season she produced for Middle of Everywhere. Her most recent series project is "The Burn Scar", published with The Modern West podcast. In it, she chronicles two years of her family鈥檚 financial and emotional struggle following the loss of her childhood home in the Marshall Fire.
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Erin O'Toole
As the host of KUNC鈥檚 new program and podcast In the NoCo, I work closely with our producers and reporters to bring context and diverse perspectives to the important issues of the day. Northern Colorado is such a diverse and growing region, brimming with history, culture, music, education, civic engagement, and amazing outdoor recreation. I love finding the stories and voices that reflect what makes NoCo such an extraordinary place to live.
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