The air quality in Oregon, due to forest fires, is currently off the charts in some areas and incredibly toxic. For truck drivers, this means closed highways, costly delays, and a lack of fresh air to breathe. With businesses shut down, truckers have nowhere to go with their loads and…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued an extension for the State of Emergency Declaration to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington due to the current fires. Those drivers and carriers providing direct assistance to the wildfire affected states are “granted emergency relief from Parts 390 through 399…
Grocery stores in South central Alaska, from Soldotna to Fairbanks, are not getting restocked because the current wildfires are crippling the busiest trucking corridors. Some roads are closed and some are passable but with major wait times, even up to 12 hours. Besides hindering the trucking industry, the fires have…