Latest News Updates From Noël Fletcher

GovernmentBusinessSafety

FMCSA Grants Waiver on Electronic Medical Certificates

The agency is temporarily allowing commercial driver license holders to use paper medical certificate copies since 12 states failed to meet a June mandate for electronic records.

July 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Duffy Extends Marine Highway 848 Miles, Spurs River Economies

Kentucky’s barge business will benefit since three of its rivers now rank among four new marine highways designated by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

July 14, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

FMCSA: ELD Tampering Can Result in Stiff Penalties

The trucking industry is sharing information about how to spot the sophisticated new tampering of electronic logging devices and taking steps to remove bad actors from behind the wheel.

July 11, 2025
TechnologyEquipmentSafety

CVSA, States Eye Crackdown on New ELD Tampering Trend

Roadside inspectors are considering a new out-of-service rule to fight a growing trend to tamper with electronic logging devices by falsifying a commercial driver’s rest and driving times.

July 11, 2025
GovernmentSafety

Congressmen Ask FMCSA for Proactive HOS Disaster Response

Thirty-three congressmen from 22 states are asking FMCSA to issue hours-of-service exemptions when emergency warnings are issued instead of waiting until after disaster strikes.

July 9, 2025
GovernmentSafety

Truckers Caught Smuggling People, Drugs Face Lifetime CDL Bans

A U.S. government and Texas partnership has resulted in more than 1,000 truckers losing their CDLs permanently for smuggling people and drugs across the U.S. border with Mexico.

July 3, 2025
BusinessTechnologyPrivate

Walmart Opens Maryland Hub to Fill 100,000 Prescriptions a Day

Walmart has opened a pharmacy hub in Maryland where robots and dynamic weighing systems will help fill 100,000 prescriptions per day for shipments to 16 states and Washington, D.C.

June 27, 2025
EquipmentSafety

CVSA Brake Inspection Blitz Takes Out Nearly 10% of CMVs

Unsafe brake-related problems led to nearly 10% of some 4,560 commercial motor vehicles being taken out of service in a single day of inspections conducted recently in North America.

June 26, 2025
BusinessLogisticsFor-Hire

Idaho Trucking Leader Heber Andrus Dies at Age 75

Heber Lynn Andrus, a past chairman of the Idaho Trucking Association and former owner of Idaho-based Doug Andrus Distributing, died June 11 at age 75.

June 25, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

States Warn of Texting Scams Over Bogus Unpaid Tickets

States are warning residents about scams under which victims receive text messages purported to be from state motor vehicle agencies seeking payment for fraudulent traffic violations.

June 17, 2025