Christopher Martin, a trucker from Pocatello, Idaho, has won $100,000 from a scratch lottery ticket. The winning ticket was the grand prize in the Cash Renovation game and purchased at the Common Cents store. Martin is very thankful for this win because his truck is in need of many expensive…
With Idaho being the best place to grow potatoes in the nation, they are geographically at the worst place when it comes to getting those potatoes to consumers. Every year, transporting potatoes has been the biggest challenge faced by the Idaho Grower Shippers Association (IGSA). Every year, for the past…
There is a war going on out there between Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Chick-Fil-A, The Chicken Sandwich Wars of 2019. It started when Popeyes introduced a new chicken sandwich that gained in popularity due to Chick-Fil-A tweeting that their chicken sandwich was “the original”. Afterwards chaos ensued and Popeyes is…
As part of Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal, if he’s elected president in 2020 he wants to spend $216 billion to replace all long-haul diesel trucks with electric ones. Sanders’ goal with this $16.3 trillion green deal is that by 2030 he wants to see all transportation using renewable energy…
Over the next four years, the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan will be investing $20 million into improvements, expansions, and some new stuff that will help improve its cargo capabilities. They will be adding two new rail yards, more dock, a truck marshaling yard (cell phone lot), and…
The American Trucking Associations has released the ATA Freight Transportation Forecast: 2019 to 2030. This annual forecast shows continued growth in the freight economy. According to the report, freight tonnage will grow and revenues will increase. This is a valuable tool for those in the trucking industry to see where…
With certain technologies becoming a necessity in the trucking industry (ELDs), there are many new and improved ways for your fleet to stay safe and save money. It’s all about the data. Telematics can do calculations for drivers so they know exactly where they are going, how long it will…
At the Southern Kentucky Community and Technical College in Franklin, the school’s very own driving course just opened up. To further aid the students, four trucks and four trailers were donated to the school. With trucking jobs in high demand and a lack of drivers out there, this is good…
Reason Foundation has put out its Annual Highway Report that ranks each state’s highway performance based on 13 different categories. According to this study, the overall condition and performance of the country’s highways has gotten worse. So, all those potholes you hit on the way to work are spreading like…
With truck driving being the backbone of our country, there are good trucking jobs to be had all over the place. AdvisorSmith did a study that ranked 384 U.S. cities to find out if its worth it for truckers to head there looking for jobs. According to the study, the…