Tag: Transportation

Federal Agency Grants HOS Exemption to McKee Foods

Team drivers for Tennessee-based McKee Foods Transportation LLC will be given more flexibility in how they split their sleeper berth time, while still being required to take 10 consecutive, off-duty hours.

Crain Automotive Purchases Volkswagen NWA

Crain Automotive Holdings of Sherwood plans to move the dealership, now located in Rogers, to Springdale temporarily.

UA Professor Wants Regional Leaders to Revisit Commuter Rail

Steve Luoni, the Steven L. Anderson Chair in Architecture and Urban Studies at the University of Arkansas, believes commuter rail will re-emerge as a hot topic when Northwest Arkansas is under new leadership.

ArcBest Corp. Will Break Ground Wednesday on New HQ

The approximate 200,000-square-foot building is expected to be completed in late 2016.

UA Presents Chancellors Medal to Johnelle Hunt, William Dillard II

The two were honored at an event on the University of Arkansas campus, along with other financial backers whose cumulative giving to the university reached or exceeded $100,000.

USA Truck CEO John Simone Taking Medical Leave

The companys board of directors has appointed director Thomas Glaser as interim chief operating officer.

Springdale Logistics Company Expands

On Time Logistics nearly doubling warehouse capacity, partnering with Banded for fulfillment.

USA Truck Announces 2014 Income of $6 Million

The years gains ended five straight years of losses for the Van Buren-based trucking company, including a loss of $9.11 million in 2013.

Northwest Arkansas Council Announces New Strategic Work Plan

Details of the three-year plan were shared during the nonprofit organizations annual winter meeting at Embassy Suites in Rogers.

XNA Passengers Board Flights In Record Numbers in 2014

A total of 640,537 passengers boarded flights from the airport last year, the highest annual number since the airport opened for commercial service on Nov. 1, 1998.

Sage Partners Developing 30,000-SF Headquarters for BNSF Logistics

The location of the new building is a 4.69-acre tract just east of Interstate 49, near the northwest corner of Watkins Avenue and South 48th Street.

Superior Auto Announces Formal Statement of Ethics

Superior Automotive Group of Fayetteville recently introduced the three-page document, which went into effect Jan. 1.

J.B. Hunt Named Military Friendly Employer for 9th Consecutive Year

J.B. Hunt ranked third within the transportation industry, and its the ninth consecutive year the company has made the list.

Walmart Board Adds Former President, CEO of American Airlines

Tom Horton is the boards 16th member and will serve as a member of the companys audit committee.

Growing Logistics Company Expanding in Bentonville

Confluent Limited Co., dba NWA Courier, recently moved into newly constructed headquarters in the Westpark Square addition just off Arkansas Highway 102.