Zachary Turner

Dangerous heat continues across the Carolinas today, and it’s not just daytime heat that’s taking a toll. Warmer nights may also be putting people’s health at risk.

Charlotte experienced near record-breaking high temperatures this past holiday weekend. But where you live determines a lot about just how hot it gets.

A bill to eliminate parking lot minimums is heading to Gov. Stein’s desk.If signed, local regulations could no longer establish a minimum square footage for off-street parking or mandate parking spaces for new developments. The new law would not apply to coastal communities governed by the Coastal Area Management Act.The bill also expands stormwater management incentives for new or existing developments.

Gaston County purchased 562 undeveloped acres along Lake Wylie in Belmont for a future public park. The goal is to increase public access to the lake and preserve land that directly contributes to water and habitat quality.

President Trump’s campaign against wind energy in North Carolina advanced this week. Three months after French-owned TotalEnergies relinquished its lease off the Carolina Coast, Duke Energy reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of the Interior to end the utility’s offshore wind lease off the coast of Wilmington.

State regulators are drafting two air quality permits for Duke Energy and Amazon Data Services. Amazon plans to build its $10 billion Energy Way Tech Campus data center in Hamlet in Richmond County, with some help from the utility.

The dog days of summer are barking at the door. Meteorologists forecast a dangerous heat wave next week that could culminate in a sizzling Fourth of July.

The absence might bar Commissioner Donald van der Vaart from ruling in a potentially landmark decision that will shape the state’s grid over the coming years.

A new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association ranks North Carolina fifth in the country for installed solar capacity, with enough generation to power more than 1.2 million homes. However, state regulators this year halted Duke Energy’s procurement of new solar farms until the utility's new carbon plan is approved.

Duke Energy president Harry Sideris previously discussed the company’s collaboration with local governments to attract data centers to its service territories in both Carolinas.