Xcel Energy is advising customers who are eager to start their spring planting or landscaping to always call 8-1-1 to have underground utility lines marked free of charge before starting any digging ...

HAMMOND -- Most people would consider digging out from the latest snowfall back-breaking work, but few people ever imagine what it's like to dig a grave in the heart of the winter. Although many ...

TULSA, Okla. — August 11 is National Safe Digging Day. It's a day advocating for safe digging and a day to remind people to call the 811 hotline to avoid hitting utility lines. It's a simple, easy ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misspelled the last name of one of the gravediggers. AVOCA, Wis. – Eleven degrees above zero, light wind out of the west, bright sunshine ...

Xcel Energy is asking people who live in Colorado to call 811 before they start their spring planting or landscaping to allow a crew to mark underground utility lines free of charge. April is Safe ...

811 is the national call-before-you-dig phone number. Anyone who plans to dig (i.e., homeowners, neighbors, landscapers, contractors, farmers/ranchers, utility companies, etc.), please call 811 or ...