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Randy Houser to headline Walcott concert

Country music singer Randy Houser will headline a 7 p.m. concert July 12 for the 33rd Walcott Truckers Jamboree July 12-13, the Iowa 80 Truckstop announced. The event will be at the truck stop, off Interstate 80 at exit 284 in Walcott, Iowa. This year’s jamboree will feature more than 200 exhibits, a Super Truck […]

March 14, 2012

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Senate OKs transportation bill

Two-year $109-billion transportation bill includes funds for creating truck parking and an electronic onboard recorder mandate.

March 14, 2012

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CARB offers lease-to-own truck financing

Objective of the program is to encourage early compliance with CARB’s on-road diesel vehicle and tractor-trailer greenhouse gas regulations.

March 14, 2012

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DOT freight index dips in January

For-hire transportation freight fell 3.6 percent in January from December but was 1.6 percent higher than in January 2011.

March 14, 2012

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Driver named Highway Angel for helping couple at roadside

Kool Pak company driver Mike Mozley has been named a Highway Angel for helping a couple attach chains to their car at roadside, the Alexandria, Va.-based Truckload Carriers Association said. Near lunchtime in January, Mozley saw the stranded husband and wife attempting to put chains on their Cadillac on Interstate 5 in southern Oregon before […]

March 14, 2012

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Trio to perform at Kentucky trucking show

El Camino, Blackberry Smoke and James Otto will perform March 23 in Mobil Delvac concert.

March 13, 2012

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West Virginia expected to extend idling limit

Bill extends the rule banning heavy truck idling more than 15 minutes an hour. The bill removes a sunset date of May 1 that was in the original rule.

March 13, 2012

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TWIC fees cut

Applicants for Transportation Worker Identification Credentials will pay slightly less starting March 19.

March 13, 2012

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U.S. diesel price rises

The price increased 2.9 cents in the most recent period and 27.5 cents over the last seven weeks.

March 12, 2012

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Garrett named Trucker Buddy

Arch Wood Protection driver Randy Garrett was named December 2011 Trucker Buddy of the Month, nonprofit educational outreach Trucker Buddy International announced. Jennifer Austin, a fourth-grade teacher at Demorest Elementary School in Demorest, Ga., nominated Garrett for the award for his volunteer efforts with the students in her class. The nonprofit outreach seeks to encourage […]

March 12, 2012

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Petro opens in Carnesville, Ga.

A new Petro Stopping Center has opened at Interstate 85, off exit 150, in Carnesville, Ga., TravelCenters of America said. The stop has 250 truck parking spaces, 12 diesel lanes, 18 showers, a Petro Lube service shop with five bays, a truck wash, weigh scale, driver’s lounge, WiFi service and scanning, faxing and copy services, […]

March 12, 2012

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Teamsters challenges Mexican trucker safety

Union countered to halt cross-border trucking program with Mexico, which was preceded by Mexico filing a brief.

March 12, 2012