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As the colder months approach, residents in the District of Sooke are preparing to use their fireplaces and wood stoves, the District of Sooke noted in a media release. While a warm fire adds comfort ...

Check your driveway, walkways, stairs and railing for damage and cracks. The railings are vital because once stairs become ...

For a while on Friday morning, it looked as if Chimney Rock and Lake Lure had been spared the worst of Hurricane Helene. And then worse than the worst happened, as a wall of water came rushing ...

The State Forester’s Burning Ban was lifted for Edgefield, Laurens and McCormick counties at 5 p.m. Friday. The Forestry Commission is lifting the ban after evaluating conditions in these counties and ...

Wood burning stoves are an increasingly popular choice for heating the home as the weather turns colder - but there are key ...

Images from Chimney Rock, located just southeast of Asheville, was one of the many cities destroyed by the historic flooding. The dangerous floods caused the Broad River to swell and inundate the ...

The business is owned and run by Belfast's Master Chimney technician Robert Wilson, who is a member of (and was trained by) the Northern Ireland Association of Chimney Sweeps, the only professional ...

Due to the lack of significant rainfall and continued warm temperatures, open burning within the Black Butte Ranch, ...

Search and rescue workers were fanning through the small town of Chimney Rock east of Asheville early Monday after it was almost entirely wiped out flooding from Tropical Storm Helene. Residents ...

If you're the owner of a log burner that doesn't meet the Ecodesign standards, you can still use it unless you live in a ...

Britain’s last coal-fired power plant will close on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that ...