<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/bucket-truck-lineworker.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>02/12/2026 05:00:20 AM</pubDate><title>Repurposed Bucket Truck Benefits Lineworker Program</title><description>A repurposed bucket truck from Alabama Power has found new life as a teaching tool in the Lawson State lineworker program. College officials and instructors expect it to strengthen the hands-on learning experience in one of the school’s most popular and most competitive programs</description><author/><image><img src="https://www.lawsonstate.edu/_resources/assets/img/News/Alabama-Power-Bucket-Truck-story-3.webp" alt="A lineman worker is working on pole"/></image></item>