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 >
USA Truck made two major hires recently and one more appointment to the board of directors, and the three additions have one significant trait in common. 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 >
The Kum & Go store in Farmington has a new owner after a sale-leaseback. A Springdale self-storage complex has been sold again after less than one year. read more >
Trucking companies have come a long way from T-cards and pay phones. Today's drivers have GPS, USB ports, instant messaging, and in some cases, their own company meteorologists as tools to get from one checkpoint to the next. 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 >
