Baker Technical Institute in Baker City, Oregon is starting up a new program in March that will put more truckers on the road. Beginning March 8, the Truck Driving and Logistics School will be offering its first four-week course at the college’s main campus. The 160-hour training will include 101…
TravelCenters of America Inc. has opened a new TA Travel Center in Huntington, Oregon on I-84 at exit 353. This new truck stop has 150 truck parking spaces, 8 diesel fueling stations, 6 showers, a driver lounge, laundry facilities, multiple restaurants, and the Travel store. This is TA’s sixth location…
A group of Oregon State University College of Engineering students has developed a handle for truckers to use when getting in and out of their cabs. Arthur Well, a master’s student at OSU, led the team in the Prototype Development Lab where the after-market device was developed. The five-sided handle…
Daimler Trucks North America and Portland General Electric are teaming up to create an “Electric Island” in Portland, Oregon. The large charging station will be the first of its kind in the U.S. and will charge medium- and heavy-duty trucks. The “Island” is currently under construction near DTNA’s headquarters in…
Thanksgiving is about gathering with friends and family and giving thanks for all that we have. There are many people out there who could use some help this Thanksgiving season and a couple of trucking businesses in Oregon have teamed up to make sure those families have a turkey on…
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…
Portland, Oregon has the highest local gas rate in the state, and the currently used gas tax will remain in place. In 2016, a measure was put into place adding a 10 cent gas tax to fuel purchases, and a vote was done recently that renewed the measure. 77.19% of…
Last week, the Western Star Manufacturing Plant in Portland, Oregon, celebrated the manufacturing of its 200,000th truck. The 2020 4700SB truck rolled off the production line and was delivered to Joe Johnson Equipment during a celebration ceremony. This is one of over 1,000 Western Star trucks delivered to Joe Johnson…
Oregon’s trucking industry has objected to renewing a tax on heavy-duty trucks, but the city council of Portland is going through with it. The original tax started in 2016 with a 2.8% surcharge to the weight-mile tax for drivers of heavy-duty vehicles and will now, if voted on, be at…
The Oregon Department of Transportation wants drivers to be aware of heavy truck traffic around the state on Thursday. There is a rally at the Oregon Capitol in Salem and truckers are putting together convoys to protest the ‘cap and trade” climate change legislation. The ODOT is alerting everyone in…