My den is always chilly. Should I use a space heater or turn up the heat in the whole house?By Consumer ReportsUsing a space ...

Alan D. Miller is a former Dispatch editor who teaches journalism at Denison University and writes about old house repair and ...

I was at the bottom of my basement steps, bear-hugging a 5-foot-tall, 65-gallon water heater. My brother was at the top, ...

Learn more When central heating struggles to adequately reach all the corners of your house, the best space heaters excel at supplying focused warmth in poorly insulated or drafty areas.

Firefighters in Olathe, Kansas, are urging space heater safety ahead of our upcoming cold snap. Officials believe a space ...

You can always try turning up the thermostat even more, or you can use a space heater to help warm up the room without overheating the whole house. In fact, keeping the thermostat low and using a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Recent house fires have resulted in the deaths of four people in Minnesota. Two people died in a St. Paul ...

And she had an oil-filled electric heater she could plug in. It wasn’t enough to heat a whole house, but it was a start. We also had one of those heaters at our house, so I drove the hour and a ...