At the Scotts Valley City Council meeting on Wednesday, City Manager Mali LaGoe announced that the environmental impact ...

The Cape Girardeau Board of Appeals and various city staff members have spent nearly a year reviewing building code updates, finally presenting their suggestions to the city council Monday night.

The Danville Town Council is set to review a presentation from the town's development services manager Diane Friedman at ...

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, two feet of rain fell on western North Carolina, damaging or sweeping away thousands of houses in landslides and floods. At least 101 people died. In many cases, ...

The proposed rules would mean tighter energy efficiency requirements for new homes and offices. This story appeared first in reporter David Boraks' weekly email newsletter. Sign up here to get the ...

There's a battle in Raleigh over energy efficiency standards and building codes that has implications for both North Carolina's climate change efforts and the short- and long-term costs of ...