Some transportation executives say things will improve in 2017 thanks to new laws requiring trucks to have electronic logging systems. read more >

The modern days of owner-operator drivers may be different from the good old days, when a driver bought his own truck and hired himself out to anyone who needed a load delivered. The expense of equipment, maintenance and fuel has made trucking a hard road for most pure independents. read more >

PAM Transport Services of Tontitown reported third-quarter income of $3.4 million, down from $5.8 million in the same quarter of 2015. read more >

PAM Transport Services Inc. of Tontitown reported second-quarter income of $3.9 million, down from $7 million in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue was up to $111.5 million from $108 million last year. read more >

PAM Transport Services Inc. of Tontitown reported first-quarter income of $2.9 million, down from $5.4 million in the same quarter a year ago. read more >

President and CEO Dan Cushman of PAM Transport Inc. of Tontitown received a salary bump but his overall compensation was lower in 2015, according to a proxy statement filed by the company with the Securities & Exchange Commission. read more >

PAM Transport Inc. of Tontitown reports fourth-quarter income of $3.2 million, up from $2.1 million in the same quarter of 2014. read more >

Members of a partnership that includes Mid-America Truck Driving School of Malvern, the Northwest Technical Institute of Springdale and the UA Global Campus in Rogers hope to raise the exposure and enrollment numbers of the program. read more >

PAM Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown on Monday reported net income of $5.79 million, up about 15 percent from about $5.05 million in the same quarter last year. read more >

PAM Transport of Tontitown reported second-quarter income of $7 million Thursday, an increase from $4.9 million in the second quarter of 2014. read more >

PAM Transportation Services Inc. on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income up nearly 300 percent from the same quarter last year. read more >

President and CEO Dan Cushman received total compensation of $1.38 million in 2014, according to a proxy statement filed with the SEC. Cushman made $720,034 in 2013. The pay increase came after a year in which PAM posted net income of $13.5 million, an increase of 129 percent from 2013. read more >

A recent study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health revealed that long-haul drivers are twice as likely to smoke or be obese as the average working adult. Drivers also were more likely to have risk factors that could lead to chronic diseases. read more >

Here’s a little anecdote from PAM Transport Inc. CEO Dan Cushman that we didn’t have room for in the print version of the article that appears here. read more >

Dan Cushman no longer has to ask his accountants if PAM Transport Inc. of Tontitown has made money this month. Now, he said, he gets to ask the much more fun question of how much money the company made. The trucking company’s current financial health stands in stark contrast to those dark months that made up 2008-09. read more >

Dan Cushman became CEO of PAM Transport in 2009 after the company had reported nearly $19 million in annual losses in 2008. During the past three years, PAM entered positive territory, earning $5.91 million in 2013, and it’s headed to another profitable year in 2014. read more >