A Lowe's store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg News) Lowe’s Cos. has agreed to buy an interior services provider for around $1.3 billion, the retailer’s latest effort to expand its footprint with professional contractors amid a soft housing market. Artisan Design Group serves homebuilders and property managers, offering design, distribution and ...more
Indiana State Police (ISP) released results from a “focused enforcement blitz” targeting trucks traveling on U.S. 30. ISP’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED) conducted the enforcement operation on April 11 on U.S. 30 from the Illinois state line to the Ohio state line.During the U.S. 30 enforcement effort, ISP troopers were focused on the following ...more
A New Jersey woman has admitted to stealing millions from her trucking company employer while working as a bookkeeper, officials say. Jeanette Avellan, 62, pleaded guilty to second-degree theft of movable property, third-degree failure to pay income taxes, and third-degree filing a fraudulent tax return, according to an April 14 statement from New Jersey Attorney ...more
A truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide after running over a construction worker in West Virginia on Monday. The accident happened on April 14th at about 11 a.m. at an Interstate 77/West Virginia Turnpike work zone south of Charleston, West Virginia. According to West Virginia Metro News, truck driver Anvar Sabirov failed to move ...more
California Highway Patrol (CHP) troopers recently caught an unusual semi truck fueling mishap at a scale house in Lebec. On April 15, CHP took to social media to call out a truck driver for a major “oops” moment at the Grapevine scale house located off of I-5.“Oops! Well, considering this diesel pump hose traveled the ...more
The Transportation Marketing & Sales Association (TMSA) will host its ELEVATE Conference in Austin, Texas, from June 8–10, 2025, bringing together professionals in sales, marketing, and business development from across the transportation and logistics industry. The event is aimed at providing these professionals with the tools, insights, and connections necessary to thrive in a rapidly ...more
Rendering of the facility to be completed in summer 2026. (I-41 News via Facebook) The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is shifting the location of a current northbound Interstate 41 weigh station in Wrightstown to be part of a new $16 million regional State Patrol headquarters under construction. The State Patrol regional headquarters and new weigh ...more
(Wright County MN via Facebook) Minnesota is making truckers aware of a federal mandate that took effect March 20 requiring proof of both legal U.S. domicile and state residency to renew a commercial driver license. “Driver’s license offices across the state will be unable to accept CDL applications without this documentation. This change is in ...more
(DPM/Getty Images) Federal trucking regulators are removing two Houston chiropractors from the federal register of medical examiners for failure to adequately perform physical qualification examinations on commercial motor vehicle drivers. The action potentially voids more than 15,000 medical examiner’s certificates issued to commercial vehicle drivers, who have until May 10 to obtain a new medical ...more
Freightliner on April 10 opened the order book for the fifth-generation Cascadia tractor. (Daimler Truck North America) Freightliner on April 10 opened the order book for the fifth-generation Cascadia tractor, the Daimler Truck North America unit unveiled in October. Prospects for orders in the months since a glitzy launch at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference ...more
