Kentucky Highway District 9 again preparing for Wintry Weather

Crews in Kentucky Department of Highways District 9 are preparing for another round of wintry weather expected overnight and Tuesday across northeast Kentucky.
National Weather Service forecasts vary, but between One inch and Six inches of snow could fall across the region.
Lesser amounts predicted south of Ashland and Morehead, and greater amounts predicted in Maysville and northwest portions of [...]

Trucking ‘Old School’ Style part one

I received my latest issue of Land Line Magazine the other day February edition and in it was one article that caught my attention rather quickly.
It’s on page 102 if you get the magazine, but it was called ‘Old School’ by Life Member Robert Esler. Great read BTW, I love articles about how it used to be in trucking [...]

Transportation Crews Mobilizing to Combat Snow

Armed with 75 snow plows and more than 14,000 tons of salt, Kentucky Department of Highways District 9 crew members are ready for snow and ice duty. The National Weather Service expects a winter storm to impact travel across the northeast Kentucky region tonight and Saturday.
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Landstar Honors Newest Class of Million Mile Safe Drivers

Jacksonville, Florida (NASDAQ-LSTR) Landstar System, Inc., a non-asset based provider of integrated supply chain solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation, warehousing and logistics services, has recognized 101 men and women for their outstanding safety records and professionalism behind the wheel.
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Meeting the Ohio DOT

When I first started driving back in 96, it must have been starting to change or was just about changed over. My first real trucking job was pulling a coal bucket here in Kentucky. Of course we didn’t haul much coal, until wintertime, but I did haul my fair share of rock, sand, mulch, salt, etc. just [...]

Kentucky District 10 employee saves motorist’s life

Kentucky Department of Highways Magoffin County employee is credited for saving the life of a motorist who had been involved in an accident that left a pickup truck upside down in a creek.
The accident happened Saturday night while crews were preparing to salt and plow roads and remove trees after this weekend’s winter storm, heard the [...]

Kentucky 546 AA Highway new traffic signal Dec. 14

Another accident has yet brought us another traffic signal to the AA Highway in Kentucky.
In my opinion this probably won’t help a whole lot with accidents because they will still allow people to turn right on red.
People will still try to beat the tractor trailers, and people will still die from trying this.
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Women in Trucking gets Big Sponsor for “Salute To the Women Behind the Wheel”

Women in Trucking organization announced recently that they were organizing an event to honor female professional drivers.
The celebration is scheduled for March 27, 2010 in conjunction with the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky.
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