Marty Cook

With diesel averaging $4.83 a gallon in Arkansas — up from $3.43 a month ago — trucking executives say small carriers are bearing the brunt of the Iran-driven fuel spike.

Editor's Note: After this story went to press last week, the American Veterinary Medical Association's Council on Education approved Arkansas State

The freight recession in the transportation industry seems to be coming to an end, bringing some financial comfort to trucking companies large and small across the country.

UFP Industries of Grand Rapids, Michigan, acquired the former industrial complex of Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies in Springdale for $7.4 million.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is getting high marks from the trucking industry.

Paul Horney IV had no plans to join the elevator industry until his grandmother Zola Horney convinced him — and 26 years later, Innovation Industries is a national leader in elevator fixtures.

This week's Northwest Arkansas Real Deals also features the sale of a downtown Bentonville office building and several apartment complexes in Fayetteville.

Innovative Equipment Solutions says no poultry farm running its Neptune wash system has had an avian flu outbreak, a claim that has driven steady growth for the Hot Springs manufacturer since 2010.

A cargo theft expert warned the Arkansas Trucking Association that the industry's shift to anonymous remote transactions has given organized international theft crews a major opening to exploit.

The Supreme Court's 9-0 ruling that freight brokers can be sued for negligent carrier hiring has direct relevance to a pending Western District of Arkansas case involving J.B. Hunt.