Before a backhoe starts up for the day, throughout the workday, all the way until the operator goes home, backhoe safety must be top of mind. Few things in day-to-day construction operations are as ...

Not enough people are stepping up to the excavator, dozer or backhoe, and that’s a big problem when the economy is fueling a need for heavy equipment operators. “We’ve seen an alarming decline in the ...

On Thursday, March 26 the Belle Fourche High School Heavy Equipment Operation (HEO) second semester students were able to ...

Kids had a chance to operate a backhoe, ride in a fire truck, get a lift nearly 60 feet in the air, and use a fire extinguisher during Saturday's Public Service Fair at the Forest Grove Fire Station.