With ice in the forecast, there is the chance that some across central North Carolina will lose power, perhaps for days. The quest to keep warm can bring risks -- from fire, carbon monoxide, even ...

There were items we had — solar lights! charcoal! — and those we wish we’d had — battery-powered coffee maker!

"My family was on a home renovation show when I was a kid, in the late '90s, early 2000s. It was one of those shows where they decorated three rooms in the house, and mine was one of them. It looked ...