Travis Thomas wanted to learn how to fix things.

Erin Westbrooks, a recent high school graduate, has always been interested in mechanics.

Isaiah Poole and Sherri Williams lost jobs when Goodyear significantly trimmed back its Danville workforce.

These are four of 10 students in a first-of-its-kind diesel mechanic training program that Danville Community College launched last week.

After a local call for more technicians fueled the need, partnerships drove the fast-tracked effort in about a year.

”What you are witnessing is a true collaboration of our region coming together, recognizing that there is a need for diesel mechanics and technicians in the field and doing something about it,” Jessica Dalton, vice president of workforce services at DCC, told the Register & Bee last week at th

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