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The Arkansas Trucking Association recently named top award recipients for 2021. Wyatt Jepsen of Walmart Transportation was named as the 2021 ‘Driver of the Year’ and Russ Curbo- director of safety at Lew Thompson & Son Trucking in Huntsville, Ark.-…

The Arkansas State Police, in collaboration with the Arkansas Trucking Association, is helping to address a backlog of trained, professional truck drivers that are urgently needed to fill a deficit of some 80,000 truck driving jobs nationwide, as announced by…

Board of Directors elections for the Arkansas Trucking Association were held at its annual conference in Hot Springs on May 11- May 13, 2022. Mark Morris, the outgoing chairman and the president and CEO of Morris Transportation Services based in…

The Arkansas Trucking Association will celebrate 90 years of trucking in the state and host its annual business conference and vendor showcase in Hot Springs this week. The educational forums will be held Wednesday, May 11 and Thursday, May 12…

ArcBest’s less-than-truckload carrier, ABF Freight, has won the 2021 Excellence in Cargo Claims and Loss Prevention Award – LTL Division from American Trucking Associations. ABF is the first nine-time winner of the award which is presented annually to one motor…

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is supporting legislation to reform ocean freight shipping. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act would help level the playing field for American exporters by making it harder for ocean carriers to refuse goods ready to export…

Shannon Newton President of the Arkansas Trucking Association   How did you get started in your industry? My first job after college was in payroll and new hire orientation at Maverick Transportation. Later, I had the opportunity to join the…

The ATA International (formerly the American Taekwondo Association) kicked off its 2015 World Expo in Little Rock today. The weeklong martial arts convention welcomes visitors from around the world, and brings in almost $5 million to the economy of the Greater…