With tool belts clinking and boots crunching across gravel, linemen from across West Texas gathered on June 27 at Xcel Energy’s Don Taylor Rodeo Grounds to compete in the 32nd annual Lone Star Lineman ...

Several teams and apprentices won top honors from out of more than 100 Xcel Energy line workers from Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado who competed in the 32nd Lone Star Lineman’s Rodeo in Amarillo on ...

Eleven future linemen showcased their skills during the Lamar Institute of Technology Utility Line Technology program’s annual Lineman Rodeo at their facility in Silsbee on Friday morning. Instructor ...

A local Duke Energy foreman will be competing in The International Lineman’s Rodeo. Travis Vidal, a line working foreman for Duke Energy, will be competing on a three man team at the rodeo on Oct. 18 ...

On the side of a pole on a Saturday morning, while wearing a wide-brim hard hat and Heat Wave brand protective sunglasses, 28-year-old Duke Energy lineman apprentice Jesse Orr had an egg in his mouth.

SILSBEE, Texas — The next generation of Power City linemen put their skills to the test Friday during the annual Lineman Rodeo at the Frank Robinson Center, hosted by the Lamar Institute of Technology ...

With the 2025 International Lineman's Rodeo Week just around the corner, we are featuring the article, "Lineman's Rodeos: A Tradition Unlike Any Other," in our ICYMI series for the Line Life Podcast.

Duke Energy’s lineworkers are essential in maintaining a modern, resilient grid to meet the demands of growing regions and economic development. The International Lineman’s Rodeo highlights the skills ...

LUCEDALE , Miss. (WLOX) - Lineman apprentices climbed poles as fast as they could Thursday, all hoping to score a job at the competitive lineman rodeo at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s ...

3RD IS CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. LINE TECHNICIANS FOR LG&E AND KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPETED TO REPRESENT THE STATE AT THE INTERNATIONAL LINEMAN’S RODEO IN KANSAS. BUT THIS RODEO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ...

Omaha, NE 5/17/2014 Paul Michalak helps set up one of the events for the next contestant in the College Utility Lineman Rodeo at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday, May 17, ...