Gypsy the dog gives her approval to owner Dean Walker of Gaston County of a July cruise on Charlotte’s Mountain Island Lake in Walker’s four-month-old bass boat. Jack Horan Does your boat motor have a ...

The return of Donald Trump to the White House, along with certain State and local actions (thank you Gov Landry for the moratorium on carbon capture projects in Louisiana), has led to the reappearance ...

E15 gasoline is a relatively common blend that you may find at your local gas station. However, it's not suitable for every ...

Bill Taylor of Hampton Hills was cruising down the lake with 10 family members aboard his boat when it happened. "The engine had been running fine. All of a sudden, it sputtered to a stop and refused ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ethanol is far from a cure-all for the nation's energy problems. It's not as environmentally friendly as some supporters claim and would supply only 12 percent of U.S. motoring fuel ...

As we approach the heart of summer, families around the country are planning travel vacations. With gas prices approaching $5 per gallon in some places, Americans are looking for anything to decrease ...

I’ve used ethanol in all my vehicles — cars, trucks, motorcycles, lawn mowers and boat motors — since the mid-1980s and I’m completely satisfied with it. However, I recently fell into information that ...

Not long ago our congressional buds in D.C. voted that so long as a slice of pizza had two tablespoons of tomato paste it could be considered a vegetable. That way pizza, the notorious junk food, ...