Orange air-quality warning continues
Grand Forks and Rock Creek still show an orange air-quality warning in the DriveBC regional feed. Widespread smoke is forecast today and tonight, with local smoke and possible showers Wednesday.
Greenwood · Midway · Grand Forks · Boundary Region
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Updated August 11, 2026 06:30 AM PDT
Grand Forks and Rock Creek still show an orange air-quality warning in the DriveBC regional feed. Widespread smoke is forecast today and tonight, with local smoke and possible showers Wednesday.
N61319 remains the closest out-of-control map point at 50 ha. N61520 is now Being Held. K51522 appeared about 71.7 km away as Out of Control. No local evacuation notice was found.
Spraggett Road and Highway 3 utility work remain listed. A far-west Highway 3 wildfire traffic item is regional travel context. August 10 council minutes were not visible yet.
Civic and community watch list
City of Greenwood public pages returned 200 in Tuesday’s automated pull. Stage 2 watering rules and the all-open-burning prohibition banner remain visible.
Read the City desk notes →eSCRIBE now marks the August 10 Regular Council Meeting as passed, but the latest public pull did not show minutes. September 8 meetings are listed with no agendas yet.
See council follow-up →Community questions remain unverified by official or named sources in public-source checks. Ledge is seeking documents, meeting references, named sources or an official statement before publishing specifics.
Source policy
The Daily Watch reads official-source feeds first: City of Greenwood, EmergencyInfoBC, DriveBC, BC Wildfire/DriveBC wildfire layer, Environment Canada weather data and RDKB when accessible. Facebook and community posts are treated as leads only unless verified by an official or named source.