Christmas Day comes on Thursday, December 25th this year (2025). Of course, we all get that day off and get paid for the holiday. Our office and warehouse will also be closed on Friday, December 26th.
Day-to-Day, Holidays
Happy Thanksgiving
by Ron •
Be Thankful Customer service can be amazing. Sure, we encounter more than our fair share of challenges (and challenging customers!), but we also get to do a lot of good. We get to help people. Impact their lives. Make their days a little better or easier. That’s pretty awesome. We also get to meet a…
Day-to-Day, Holidays
Tuesday, November 11th – Veterans Day
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Veterans Day was originally called “Armistice Day,” and the date was chosen to commemorate the signing of the armistice with Germany that ended hostilities during World War I.
Day-to-Day, Training
New Dinosaur Discovery: Athenar bermani
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Paleontologists have named a brand-new dinosaur species: Athenar bermani, a long-necked plant-eater from the Late Jurassic period (about 150 million years ago). Found in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
Day-to-Day, Safety, Schedules
Nov 2, 2025 – Daylight Saving Time Ends
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Holidays, Schedules
Columbus Day 2025!
by Ron •
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. Columbus went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492.
Day-to-Day, Policies, Safety, Schedules, Training
Government Shutdown October 1, 2025
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Day-to-Day, Training
The Bone Wars | HISTORY This Week
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Day-to-Day, Policies, Safety, Schedules, Training
National Public Lands Day
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Join us for National Public Lands Day on September 27, 2025! Since 1994, this annual event on the fourth Saturday of September has been the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort. Last year, over 130 national parks hosted events with 7,600 volunteers donating an impressive 41,500 hours of service.
All national parks that charge an entrance fee will offer free admission to everyone on September 27, 2025 in celebration of National Public Lands Day.
Day-to-Day, Safety, Schedules
Latest Road Construction Update – 18 September
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Saturday work is starting this weekend, with work running from 7 am to 7 pm. Work will primarily be on the QEH parking lot and quarry road, so there should be minimal happening along the Green River Road other than trucks going back and forth.