by - December 20, 2018 4:26 pm
Freight demand in the trucking industry has been healthy in the fourth quarter, but it’s softer compared to the same period in 2017 as spot rates have declined and impacts…
by - December 20, 2018 1:52 pm
Transportation services provider BNSF Logistics is planning to double the office space at its U.S. headquarters along Interstate 49 in Springdale. The company will build a 30,000-square-foot office on nearly…
by - December 17, 2018 3:15 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services is expected to pay $134 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 as a result of an arbitration with Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF Railway…
by - December 13, 2018 2:13 pm
Board members for Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit approved a $3.35 million budget for 2019 on Thursday (Dec. 13) and received an update on items they discussed in a…
by - December 11, 2018 4:33 pm
Supply chain visibility has become an increasingly important technology as carriers look to control costs, improve efficiency and address consumer demands that have risen along with e-commerce sales. Visibility between…
by - December 10, 2018 12:56 pm
Rogers-based tech company RichContext is a startup launched in mid-2016, but it has rapidly grown its client base to include some of the biggest names in the consumer packaged goods…
by - December 10, 2018 10:58 am
Northwest Arkansas carriers have nearly 50 drivers hauling wreaths to U.S. cemeteries and thousands of employees helping to place wreaths on headstones of military veterans for Wreaths Across America. Lowell-based…
by - December 7, 2018 4:02 pm
The city of Fayetteville will host two public meetings to receive input on its plan for U.S. Highway 71B. The meetings from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 11 and 12…
by - December 5, 2018 1:30 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has added five Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter trucks to its fleet, and they are the Lowell-based carrier’s first all-electric trucks. The carrier on Wednesday (Dec. 5) had…
by - December 4, 2018 3:12 pm
Northwest Arkansas planners and legislators continue to await a decision from the federal government on the fate of a $25 million grant that would be used to build a 4.81-mile…
by - December 4, 2018 1:32 pm
Four trucking industry executives in Arkansas were among those named to serve on the 2019-2020 Research Advisory Committee of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a nonprofit research organization for…
by - November 30, 2018 12:25 pm
Van Buren-based carrier USA Truck has abbreviated its name and added two words: Capacity Solutions. The carrier announced Friday (Nov. 30) the change to “USAT Capacity Solutions” is a better…
by - November 29, 2018 6:13 pm
Board members of Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit discussed a 2019 balanced budget of $3.35 million that will include a 2% salary increase for all employees. ORT employees have…
by - November 25, 2018 4:57 pm
Brick-and-mortar retailers large and small face many changes. While a majority of shopping still occurs inside a physical store, its role is likely to evolve to more of a fulfillment…
by - November 19, 2018 12:23 pm
Conventional wisdom dictates that Arkansas head coach Chad Morris deserves time to get the football program turned around. The Razorbacks (2-9 overall, 0-6 SEC) have been down in the ditch with…
by - November 15, 2018 6:27 pm
When your team isn’t going to a bowl game, one has time to wonder wildly about where angry playboy college coaches will land after being shown the door. Some in…
by - November 15, 2018 10:57 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services has opened a 6,100-square-foot internship office at the Arkansas Research and Technology Park in south Fayetteville. The research park is managed by the University…
by - November 14, 2018 6:37 pm
Last week crawled by like I was an eight year old waiting on the Christmas catalog from Sears and JC Penney’s. It was LSU game week and a night game,…
by - November 14, 2018 6:03 pm
Walmart continues to invest in technology that increases efficiency in the supply chain and lowers costs of the system with fewer employees as machines do more of the work. The…
by - November 12, 2018 11:35 am
The temperatures were low as the sun climbed high into the crisp blue autumn sky Saturday morning. SEC Nation, the traveling football hype machine for ESPN’s SEC Network, was beaming live…
