Out of sight, out of mind. The familiar idiom might ring harmlessly true for many situations, but safe digging isn’t one of them. Not with the country’s more than 200 million miles of underground utilities, according to Call 811, and especially not with the estimated 12 million homeowners nationwide planning digging projects this year...

Have you ever seen those big yellow, orange, white or red balls hanging from power lines? Well, those balls are visibility markers.

Do you know the difference between a surge protector and a power strip? Surge protectors and power strips both allow you to plug in several appliances into one location, but it’s...