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Arkansas Trucking Association accepting applications for 2025 Technician Scholarship

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – For the ninth year, the Arkansas Trucking Association plans to award scholarships of up to $7,500 to students interested in pursuing careers as medium- and heavy-duty truck technicians. Scholarship applications are being accepted now through April 4, 2025, and are available at arkansastrucking.com/scholarship. “The Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship has invested $97,500 […]

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Arkansas Road Team Captain Recognized as National “Change Leader”

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – Arkansas Road Team Captain Jessie King, a professional driver for FedEx Freight, received the Change Leader Award from American Trucking Associations Sunday at the annual Management Conference & Exhibition. The 2024 ATA Change Leaders were named for their commitment to creating a culture of acceptance and belonging for their employees. King

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Truck Driver Appreciation Week Recognized in Both State Proclamation and Federal Resolution

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – In an executive proclamation, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders officially declared Sept. 15-21, 2024, Truck Driver Appreciation Week in Arkansas. During this week, the Arkansas Trucking Association, along with American Trucking Associations and the entire trucking industry, celebrates and engages in acts of gratitude for the 3.5 million professional truck drivers who

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Grand Champions Announced for State Trucking Championship

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – Arkansas Trucking Association has awarded nine professional truck drivers and two technicians with top prizes at the 2024 Arkansas Trucking Championship. The eleven professionals make up Team Arkansas and will represent the state at the national competitions. The written and hands-on competitions brought together 142 of the best drivers and 37

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Arkansas Trucking Association Applauds Rep. Womack for $200 Million for Truck Parking in House Appropriations Bill

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – Today, the Arkansas Trucking Association joined the American Trucking Associations in applauding U.S. Congressman Steve Womack (R-Ark.) for the inclusion of $200 million in the House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee funding bill to expand the availability of truck parking.  Rep. Womack is the subcommittee chairman and instrumental in securing this line item

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Cabot Senior Receives Technician Scholarship from Arkansas Trucking Association

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – The Arkansas Trucking Association is pleased to announce the 2024 recipient of the Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship Fund. High school senior Shawn Frasier of Cabot High School will receive $7,500 to pursue training for a career in medium/heavy duty truck technology. “A thriving supply chain that delivers the goods we want

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Membership and Safety

The results are in! Trucking Association Members Are Among the Industry’s Safest New research from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) statistically corroborates that motor carriers who are active in industry associations are safer than both former association members and carriers who have never been association members. It has always been anecdotally assumed that association

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ATA Accepting Applications for Technician Scholarship

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – For the seventh year, the Arkansas Trucking Association plans to award scholarships of up to $7,500 to students interested in pursuing careers as medium- and heavy-duty truck technicians. Scholarship applications are being accepted now through April 5, 2024, and are available at arkansastrucking.com/tech-scholarship. “The Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship has already awarded

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Arkansas Trucking Association accepting applications for Technician Scholarship

For the sixth year, the Arkansas Trucking Association plans to award scholarships of up to $7,500 to students interested in pursuing careers as medium and heavy duty truck technicians. Scholarship applications are being accepted now through March 31, 2023, and are available at arkansastrucking.com/tech-scholarship. “We are proud to have awarded $75,000 in scholarships to ten

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