COOS BAY — Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Community Education Department is offering a one-day, Oregon Department of Transportation approved, safety training course. It covers the ...

Along with the July sun and January cold, traffic can be the bane of highway workers’ existence. Flaggers directing traffic in work zones have an especially dangerous job, since they are charged with ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Brandon Thompson stands on his feet for hours, watching as vehicles stream by his latest job site. But the former restaurant worker says he likes being a traffic control flagger ...

Q: It is pretty obvious that when a flagger puts up a stop or slow-down sign, we are expected, if not required, to obey. Is this based on some Pennsylvania statute, or is it merely customary? More ...

The head of the B.C. Flaggers’ Association is calling for better training for his members. Flaggers currently only get two days of training prior to earning a ticket to work, according to association ...