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With the arrival of 2020, new people are also arriving at The Trucker, and new ideas are being tossed around. One feature returning by popular
Kris Rutherford
- About Kris Rutherford
- Since retiring from a career as an outdoor recreation professional from the State of Arkansas, Kris Rutherford has worked as a freelance writer and, with his wife, owns and publishes a small Northeast Texas newspaper, The Roxton Progress. Kris has worked as a ghostwriter and editor and has authored seven books of his own. He became interested in the trucking industry as a child in the 1970s when his family traveled the interstates twice a year between their home in Maine and their native Texas. He has been a classic country music enthusiast since the age of nine when he developed a special interest in trucking songs.
Posts by Kris Rutherford
Celadon declares bankruptcy, shuts down operations, and leaves 4,000 employees without jobs
Updated Dec. 9, 2019; 12:15 pm CT INDIANAPOLIS – Celadon Group, Inc., among the nation’s top carriers and based in Indianapolis, declared bankruptcy December 9,
I-40 Challenge to put holiday drivers, law enforcement to the test
Interstate 40 is among the primary east-west trucking routes across the U.S. Beginning in North Carolina and passing through Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico
“Coincidence” may create substantial traffic snarl just days after Pennsylvania roadway deemed safe
“I would call this an unlucky coincidence,” said Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PDOT) spokesman Dave Thompson as reported in a November 24 article in Lancaster
Report considers impact of vehicle miles traveled tax on highway revenues
A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report released in October is an initial step in considering revenue options to stabilize the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), the