The Wyoming Contractors’ Association McMurry Training Center and Platte County School District No. 1 are happy to announce a partnership project funded through the Wyoming Department of Education to provide a comprehensive construction trades training project in Wheatland during spring of 2012.

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He had worked for heavy equipment and trucking companies Marvin T. Haw III, who had held administrative positions with several heavy equipment and trucking companies, died Jan. 26 of a heart attack at his Timonium home.

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People at Play: The Heavy Equipment Experience is now offering a special package honoring the hit Discovery Channel TV Show 'GOLD RUSH' where individuals (aged 18 and over) can operate excavators in search of "gold" at this construction playground. …

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As mayor of a struggling U.S. manufacturing city, Dennis Tyler welcomes the influx of hundreds of jobs that will power a locomotive assembly plant recently purchased by heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.

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Students at a Troutman high school are working on a special class project: restoring a vintage Dodge pickup owned by U.S. Sen. Richard Burr .

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VIRGINIA BEACH — Construction projects and school bus stops don't mix, according to some Virginia Beach parents, and they want to see a change. The intersection near Princess Anne Road and Kempshire Lane is currently the site of heavy equipment and mounds of dirt.  Some parents say their children's safety is at risk. "They are five year old kindergartners, and it's bad enough that they are …

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Jason Bruce is seeking the Republican nomination for the Coffee County Commission, District 4, seat in the March 13 election.

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CHESTERFIELD > Woman in fatal crash is identified • Authorities said Thursday that a woman killed in a traffic crash Wednesday was Wilma Dolan, 88, of the 15200 block of Olive Boulevard in Chesterfield. Dolan's Honda Accord struck a utility pole along Olive Boulevard at Chesterfield Parkway West shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday. She died at the scene.

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Feb. 2 50 years ago today ADAMS - Randolph Jock, 17, of 26 Maple St., has enlisted in the Navy for three years and has begun basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Ill., where he will remain for 10 weeks. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jock . he hopes to attend naval training school to learn to be a heavy equipment operator.

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Great Lakes Truck Driving School is pleased to announce the addition of its new Oil Field Safety Certification Course.

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