A lightning strike started a large fire in the top of a house in northwestern Winston-Salem as heavy thunderstorms moved through the Triad on Tuesday evening.
Residents near the Dan River and Belews Lake joined a listening session Thursday. The Environmental Protection Agency is collecting ideas and concerns from nearby communities, as part of an environmental justice analysis. The agency is developing new limits for polluted water released from coal-fired power plants. The EPA made revisions to the Steam Electric Rule in 2015 and 2020.