Seminar open to homebuyers

The August Finally Home seminar, available to all potential home buyers in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley and surrounding region, will run from 6 to 8:45 p.m. Monday through Wednesday at Community Action Partnership, 124 New Sixth St., Lewiston.

The seminar meets the requirement for Idaho and Washington for down-payment assistance and other programs and will be in the community room at the CAP office. Topics will include: establishing good credit; predatory lending; avoiding pitfalls; finding the best deals; government programs; purchasing foreclosures; inspections; and negotiations.

A $10 refundable deposit is required to hold a seat, and registration can be completed by calling (208) 746-3351 or 1-800-326-4843; or by going to the office.

Hazy conditions in area should go away

The hazy conditions in the Lewiston Clarkston Valley have not risen to a level where a health advisory would be issued and should dissipate by Sunday, according to an air-quality analyst from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.

"It's a combination of haze and smoke under stagnant air," said Janson Cregger.

He said morning inversions are trapping cooler hazy air at low elevations. As the day warms and heats the low elevation air to the mid to upper 90s, the haze dissipates. Cregger said Thursday's haze is likely as bad as it will get, and the condition should moderate by Sunday when cooler temperatures are forecast to arrive.

He said the smoke appears to be coming from large wildfires in Alaska and Canada.

"I anticipate this is going to be gone by Sunday at the latest and return to normal air quality."