Arizona Thinks Twice About Tolls

Trucking interests forced the Arizona Department of Transportation to think twice about building a proposed Hoover Dam bypass as a toll route.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
December 15, 1998

Confrontation Ends in Trucker Death

A truck driver has confessed to shooting another driver after a confrontation at a truckstop along Interstate 40, near Amarillo, Texas.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
December 15, 1998

Trailer Carrying Props Is Stolen

The cast and crew on tour with "The Phantom of the Opera" got a scare when a tractor-trailer carrying $800,000 in props and scenery mysteriously vanished from a parking lot.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
December 15, 1998
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OSHA Orders Forklift Training

Trucking companies will have to train drivers who occasionally use forklifts how to safely operate the equipment, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
December 14, 1998

Idaho Court Rejects State's Attempt To Dismiss Lawsuit Filed By ATA

An Idaho District Court rejected Idaho's attempts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the American Trucking Associations’ against the state’s weight-distance tax.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
December 10, 1998

FHWA Grants Exemptions to Drivers

The Federal Highway Administration used new authority granted by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to issue exemptions from federal standards to 24 truck drivers with deficient eyesight.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
December 10, 1998

Iowa Company Must Be Monitored

An Iowa judge ordered a trucking company convicted of falsifying driver logbooks to implement a monitoring system and pay fines.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
December 10, 1998

Viking Freight to Raise Rates

Viking Freight said it would implement a 5.8% rate increase effective Jan. 4, 1999.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
December 10, 1998

Processing Firm Considers Unit Sale

National Processing Inc. is exploring the sale of its freight payment processing business.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
December 10, 1998

Trucking Companies Needed to Help Victims of Hurricane Mitch

Central American Medical Outreach is looking for trucking companies willing to help its relief efforts to get badly needed supplies to Honduran victims of Hurricane Mitch.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
December 10, 1998