Car-Mart CEO Jeff Williams’ Resignation is the 'Perfect Timing'
Williams, 60, announced Sept. 5 that he would step down as CEO of the publicly traded buy-here, pay-here automotive retailer at the end of the month. read more >
Williams, 60, announced Sept. 5 that he would step down as CEO of the publicly traded buy-here, pay-here automotive retailer at the end of the month. read more >
Earlier this month, the company highlighted some of its environmental, social and governance achievements in its 2022 Sustainability Report. read more >
The Port of Fort Smith sits on a portion of the river shipping channel that is 26 feet deep, plenty deep for the heaviest of barges that could come through the deeper channel in Little Rock. read more >
Shannon Newton, the president of the Arkansas Trucking Association, celebrated both her 20th year with the organization and her ninth as the head of it. read more >
Rep. Rick Crawford’s subcommittee advanced a bill Tuesday that would provide $755 million in federal money over the next three years to state agencies to expand truck parking access. read more >
The EPA’s Phase 3 proposal called for standards that would result in 35% of short-haul tractors and 25% of long-haul tractors being electric by 2032. read more >
With three Norfolk Southern Corp. rail accidents in the past two months, a recent bill, the Railway Safety Act of 2023, has been introduced. read more >
The practice allows a second 18-wheeler to follow closely behind a lead truck so each can use driver-assisted technology. read more >
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas wants to make sure bureaucrats don’t muddle up the works when it comes to infrastructure funding. read more >
It’s hard to imagine a worse way to end 2022 than the way the low-cost air carrier Southwest Airlines did. read more >
Congressional action and President Joe Biden’s signature headed off a potential rail workers’ union strike at the start of the month. read more >
Spencer Frazier, the company’s executive vice president of sales and marketing, said the initiative will bring "a new era of cooperation, connectivity and value creation." read more >
Looks like President Joe Biden might have taken a premature victory lap. read more >
USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren officially became a part of DB Schenker on Thursday, Sept. 14. read more >
The transportation giant gave the school another $1.5 million — bumping its total gifts to more than $7 million since 2014 — so the university naming it the J.B. Hunt Transport Department of Supply Chain Management came as no surprise. read more >
If CEO James Reed is running around a little hectic these days, it’s no small wonder. read more >
A persistent chip shortage and a continued lack of labor make both new and used vehicles expensive read more >
Trucking industry officials have been concerned for years about the driver shortage. But one possible solution — recruiting more women drivers — can’t happen without help from Congress, one industry official said. read more >
Steuart Walton said he and his brother's goal is "to make northwest Arkansas and Bentonville in particular the best place to live in the United States." read more >
It isn’t all doom and gloom in the transportation industry, and that is good news for those who drive trucks. read more >
