Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Sixty years after North America’s most powerful earthquake on record ripped through Alaska and 5 1/2 years after a different earthquake caused costly damage to structures and roads in the Southcentral ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

LANSING, MI - Michigan is poised to implement building codes requiring new homes make significant jumps in energy efficiency and finally modernizing rules that date back a decade — if they survive a ...

A bill that would stymie a years-long effort to make new North Carolina homes more energy efficient is on its way to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk. House Bill 488 prevents the N.C. Building Code Council — ...

As the residential construction industry gathered for the International Builders' Show (IBS) 2026, conversations across the show floor and in education sessions converged around a common set of ...

The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) released a new report analyzing residential building codes in 18 hurricane-prone coastal states along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic ...

Just in time for hurricane season — which blows in June 1 — the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety ranks New Jersey fourth of 18 states along the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf Coast for the ...