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RANDLEMAN ­ - Scientific tests consistently show the water in Randleman Regional Reservoir equal in quality to Greensboro’s other water-supply lakes, the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority learned Tuesday.

GREENSBORO — You could heat it up and transform it into something useful. Or you could bury it underground and forget about it. What will Greensboro do with its tons of trash?

Greensboro Day School recruiters may soon have an unusual tool when they hit the road in their quest to attract students. The school’s Electric Vehicle Conversion Club is dismantling a 1990 Toyota Corolla with the goal of turning it into the school’s first fully electric road-worthy vehicle.

Heirloom seeds are finding a new following as gardeners today begin growing more of their own food.

ELON (AP) — A poll of North Carolina adults shows most support the construction of wind and solar projects in the state but aren't thrilled about using wood or leaves to generate energy.

GREENSBORO — A lawsuit between seven hydroelectric plants and the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority could help clarify North Carolina law for generations to come.

RANDLEMAN —  Now you can help turn used Styrofoam cups, plates and packaging into picture frames, door moldings and baseboards ... instead of landfill junk.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal regulators have received leasing proposals from two Virginia companies seeking to develop offshore wind farms capable of supplying clean energy to hundreds of thousands of homes.

Apex Wind Energy Inc. is proposing to lease 116,000 acres for an undetermined number of wind turbines with the potential to generate up to 1,500 megawatts of power.

RANDLEMAN — Federal authorities are threatening to pull the license from one of the hydroelectric plants that sued the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority amid claims that the Randleman Regional Reservoir is costing them thousands of dollars a year in lost power generation.

Dart Container of North Carolina will open a foam collection site this week in Randleman.

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — A study to determine whether uranium can be mined and milled safely in Virginia is moving forward.

Officials say Virginia Tech's Center for Coal and Energy Research has signed a contract with the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council for the study.

This is a first in a series of “What to do When” in your edible garden tip lists.

You may be itching to get into your garden to do spring preparations, but a word of caution: You can do far more harm than good if you till your soil when it is too wet.

WENTWORTH — A modest contribution from Rockingham County taxpayers could help a nonprofit local food coalition start its new virtual farmers market while the organization awaits more grant funding.

The Board of Commissioners voted Monday to allocate $10,000 from its remaining contingency funds to help pay for the start-up costs of the Piedmont Local Food distribution project.

Soft, warm tomatoes just off the vine.

Fragrant herbs, freshly cut by hand.

Sweet potatoes -- straight from the ground -- skins still gritty with soil.

It is possible to receive fresh, seasonal produce every week.

Guaranteed.

No need to worry about whether your favorite farmer at the market could run out of garlic or basil before you can get there.

GREENSBORO — Despite years of people trying to hold back fire ants, the pesky insects with a nasty bite claim Guilford County as part of their Tar Heel real estate.

Parts of Guilford and Alamance counties — the area south of Interstate 40 — last week joined a growing area quarantined because of the red fire ant.