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No penalty for Christmas music after Thanksgiving
“I’m the idiot who thinks I’m going to hand-make every gift given between December 1 and Christmas.” — Sometimes, the holidays are hard.
November 29, 2015
Business
After tornado outbreak on the plains, severe weather moves east
Tornado watches remained in effect through 6 p.m. Central Tuesday for some areas of Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. Severe storms expected to follow through Mississippi and Alabama through Wednesday.
November 17, 2015
Business
Inward-facing problems
“Carriers have finally found a way to lower the quality of new drivers…. In the words of Moon Unit Zappa, ‘Gag me with a spoon.’…”
April 27, 2015
Business
I-44 bridge work in OKC reveals further damage
Damage prompted lane closures between Pennsylvania and Western avenues that, OklaDOT says, should reopen in May. Lane closures in Okemah on I-40, meanwhile, are ongoing through the fall.
April 24, 2015
Business
The Highway 69 blues
In Oklahoma, “enjoy the view, if you can concentrate after having your brain slammed around in your cranium.”
June 4, 2014
Truck Stops
Love’s stop in Choctaw, Okla., reopens after 2010 tornado
At I-40’s Exit 166, the new site offers an 11,000-square-foot facility, significantly larger than the previous location.
May 27, 2014
Channel 19
Local kudos: Campo, Colo.
When a tornado warning was issued May 22 in Campo, Colo., this year, Karen and Tom Moore saw firsthand the hospitality of the town’s local law enforcement officials.
June 11, 2013
Business
FMCSA relaxes rules for relief haulers to Oklahoma
Darrell L. Ruban, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Field Administrator, declared a regional emergency as of 10 a.m. EDT, May 21, 2013, for the state of Oklahoma following the May 20 tornado that cut a wide swath of destruction through the town of Moore and surrounding areas. The declaration provides broad regulatory exemptions to CFR […]
May 21, 2013
Channel 19
Hours recap: New regs bringing old practice to the fore?; OK tornado intel
More and more under new hours rules, drivers and owner-operators are expecting a turn away from the restart and back to the recap. You? Also: A brief update on OK tornado relief expectations.
May 21, 2013
Business
Mastodon in an OK Turnpike pothole
“There are potholes in Oklahoma with potholes inside of them, and inside of the inside potholes are tiny villages, where they grow maize and build sun temples.”
May 3, 2013
Channel 19
A trucking-music blast from the past
“Magic Lady” Genie Mack Brown of Prague, Okla., has reissued her 1980 trucking-music record, propelled by the 1979 independent truckers’ shutdown, after which she also became an owner-operator.
April 30, 2013
Channel 19
Monday round-up: Twisted traffic light, missing person, CSA No. 1 concern
Imagine pulling up to a 75-signal traffic light — would you ignore it? And: CSA is increasingly under fire from the industry, more on a missing Oklahoma teenager.
November 5, 2012
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