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SPECIAL REPORT: C. Bean drivers brace for 'massive layoffs' 9 Mar 2010, 11:01 pm

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - Flatbedder Richard Rush of Hot Springs, AR, Rush told Land Line that a Qualcomm message earlier in the day alerted him that there was going to be "massive layoffs at C. Bean." He was to turn in his truck to TruckCenter.com in Blue Mound, TX, as soon as possible. Late Tuesday, a flatbed coordinator with C. Bean Transport Inc. of Fort Smith, AR, confirmed that the company was indeed "restructuring and bringing our trucks in."

MATS: more notes for your Louahvulle calendar 9 Mar 2010, 11:01 pm

If you are among the thousands of professional truckers planning to head to Louisville for the Mid-America Trucking Show March 25-27, there are some events worth scribbling down on your calendar. And where is OOIDA going to be this year? The Association will have three booths at the 2010 show: Booth 11128 in the North Wing, Booth 65229 is in the West Wing, and there's another booth in the North Lobby.

I-70 in western Colorado remains closed 9 Mar 2010, 11:00 pm

If you're wondering when Interstate 70 will reopen in western Colorado, the state Department of Transportation is saying it could be "an extended period of time." I-70 was shut down in both directions at mile marker 125 in Glenwood Canyon on Sunday night, March 7, after a rockslide heavily damaged the highway. One boulder weighs an estimated 66 tons.

Wyoming poised to adopt texting-while-driving ban 9 Mar 2010, 11:00 pm

Truckers are already prohibited from texting while at the wheel, but a bill headed to Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal creates a statewide ban that would include anyone who is driving.

Reincarnated bus company shut down again 9 Mar 2010, 11:00 pm

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has barred a bus company from transporting passengers after the company's involvement in a deadly bus crash last week. Tierra Santa Tours was involved in a Phoenix wreck on March 5 that led to the deaths of six people. At least 16 others were injured. A bus heading from Mexico to Los Angeles rolled over outside of Phoenix on Interstate 10.

Maryland bills would increase fuel taxes as much as 10 cents 9 Mar 2010, 11:00 pm

Intent on generating an infusion of cash for the state's transportation budget, one Maryland state lawmaker has offered multiple bills to raise the fuel tax by as much as a dime per gallon.

Scam alert from T-Chek 9 Mar 2010, 11:00 pm

The people at T-Chek are warning truckers to be on the lookout for a telephone scam.