The National Weather Service expects a dangerous heat wave to continue through Aug. 20 in West Tennessee. In Memphis, the maximum heat index — what the temperature feels like to the human body — is expected to remain at or above 107 degrees through Thursday. Heat indices in more rural areas of the state are […]
I don’t remember many epiphanies that I had as a fourth grader. But I remember one. I was standing in the tiled hallway of my suburban elementary school while other kids squealed and raced past the open classroom doors. On this day, the entire campus — the gymnasium, the parking lot, the playground and the […]
As triple-digit temperatures and heat advisories continue to appear across Oregon, some state prisons and the incarcerated Oregonians they house are going without a key tool to beat the heat: central air conditioning.
SHREVEPORT, La. — As temperatures begin to climb ahead of summer, the City of Shreveport and SPAR have reopened five cooling centers across the city to help residents stay safe during periods of extreme heat.
Harrisburg, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is alerting consumers that electric generation prices for all PUC-regulated electric utilities will adjust on June 1 — just as summer temperatures and air-conditioning use begin increasing electricity demand across Pennsylvania.
