1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (426+ words) by Michael Tilley ([email protected]) 5 minutes ago 11 views Fort Smith-based ArcBest on Thursday (July 16) announced organizational changes and a new brand structure, with an estimated 280 job cuts resulting from the changes. The company did not disclose where the job cuts…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (328+ words) by Talk Business & Politics staff ([email protected]) 7 seconds ago 0 views Employees with Five Rivers Distribution work to unload a barge at the Port of Van Buren. Declines in the major categories of products shipped on the Arkansas River pushed commercial…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (483+ words) An early look at ArcBest’s first quarter activity suggests that too much capacity and not enough demand continues to result in freight-sector “softness” being a challenge for the Fort Smith-based shipping and logistics company. ArcBest is the parent company of…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (977+ words) It’s been a wild ride for USA Truck. In less than four years the company was bought and sold three times. That’s people and systems in and out. Three times. And the corporate whiplash hit during a tough time for…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (400+ words) by Talk Business & Politics staff ([email protected]) January 9, 2026 4:37 pm 1,555 views Current and former execs with Van Buren-based USA Truck have acquired the trucking and logistics company less than three months after Denmark-based DSV said it would shed the division. The…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (293+ words) by Talk Business & Politics staff ([email protected]) 3 hours ago 123 views Denmark-based DSV is seeking to sell USA Truck – once a publicly-held company based in Van Buren – as part of its integration of German-based DB Schenker. DSV acquired Schenker in a…...

9+ mon, 3+ day ago  (257+ words) by George Jared ([email protected]) 13 minutes ago 24 views Quarterhill, a provider of intelligent transportation system solutions, together with the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) and the Arkansas Highway Police have launched a $2.7 million project to modernize freight operations on two…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (221+ words) by Talk Business & Politics staff ([email protected]) 24 seconds ago 0 views The Arkansas Trucking Association has named two new vice presidents to its leadership team. Sarah Newman has been promoted to Vice President of Operations, and David O’Neal has been named…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago  (525+ words) by Michael Tilley ([email protected]) 6 minutes ago 11 views Tuesday’s (Sept. 17) Cass Freight Index suggesting trade wars continue to be a drag on shipping and logistics is likely not a surprise for folks at Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services or Fort…...

10+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (422+ words) by Sen. John Boozman ([email protected]) 24 seconds ago 0 views Our economy increasingly depends on bringing goods directly to customers’ doorsteps or utilizing on-time delivery to ensure businesses have the exact supplies they need, when they need it. This reality of…...