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NETTTS Celebrates Grand Opening of New Campus in Haverhill, MA CVTA

NETTTS Celebrates Grand Opening of New Campus in Haverhill, MA

On Thursday, June 4th, CVTA member school NETTTS celebrated the grand opening of its new campus, a significant investment in career-focused education and the future of workforce training. “Our new campus was designed to reflect where workforce training is headed: modern classrooms, hands-on learning

Broker group petitions FMCSA for ‘High-Risk Motor Carrier List’ CDLLife

Broker group petitions FMCSA for ‘High-Risk Motor Carrier List’

The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) formally petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to provide a public list of trucking companies with risky safety records. TIA Calls For Public List Of Risky Carriers TIA President Chris Burroughs announced the formal fil

CVTA Member Covenant Logistics Hosts FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs for HQ Visit CVTA

CVTA Member Covenant Logistics Hosts FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs for HQ Visit

FMCSA leader Administrator Barrs joins Covenant owner, David Parker, and staff in Chattanooga. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Derek D. Barrs recently visited CVTA member Covenant Logistics, highlighting the importance of responsible driver hiring, carrier-led development,

Man sentenced for stealing $1.5 million in cargo from tractor trailers in Philadelphia CDLLife

Man sentenced for stealing $1.5 million in cargo from tractor trailers in Philadelphia

A Philadelphia man was sentenced to years in prison for breaking into parked tractor trailers to steal items like televisions, crab legs, and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of dimes. On June 11, 2026,  Salahudin Reddy, 39, was sentenced to 94 months in prison, to be followed by three years o

Perspectives: Tyrel Sulzer from CVTA Member, TransTech - The Autonomous Vehicle/Driver Retraining Myth CVTA

Perspectives: Tyrel Sulzer from CVTA Member, TransTech - The Autonomous Vehicle/Driver Retraining Myth

Every time a tech company unveils something that's going to displace workers, the same line shows up in the press release. "Those workers can be retrained." It's the cleanest exit ramp in modern policy. Whoever's deploying the technology gets credit for innovation. Whoever's losing their job gets a

Michigan trooper finds gas leaking from fuel hauler’s tank during roadside CVSA inspection CDLLife

Michigan trooper finds gas leaking from fuel hauler’s tank during roadside CVSA inspection

A Michigan State Police (MSP) trooper caught a potentially dangerous fuel leak during a roadside inspection. Lt. Hamilton with MSP’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED) recently stopped a fuel hauler on US-23 in Presque Isle County, Michigan, for an equipment violation. Lt. Hamilton perfo

Virginia Crash Leaves Five People Dead and Renews National Attention to CDL Oversight as FMCSA Sues New York State CVTA

Virginia Crash Leaves Five People Dead and Renews National Attention to CDL Oversight as FMCSA Sues New York State

On May 30, five people died when a motorcoach crashed in a work zone on southbound I-95 in Stafford County, Virginia. The deceased include a single driver and a family of four, the Doncev's and their two children who were killed when Jing Sheng Dong crashed into them while driving a motorcoach. Dong

Three arrested in raid at rural Montana truck stop, 104 pounds of drugs seized CDLLife

Three arrested in raid at rural Montana truck stop, 104 pounds of drugs seized

Multiple people were arrested after drugs were discovered during a raid at a truck stop located in Montana. At 9 a.m. on June 8, 2026, the Beaverhead County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) and other agencies executed a search warrant at a truck stop located in a rural area near Dillon, Montana. BCSO seized

CVTA Member, Changing Lanes, Featured in NBC Story About Texas Focusing on English-Only Testing CVTA

CVTA Member, Changing Lanes, Featured in NBC Story About Texas Focusing on English-Only Testing

Delbert Crawford, Director of Changing Lanes CDL School in Pflugerville, TX emphasizes the importance of English Language Proficiency as a fundamental piece of professional driver training As of June 1, 2026, all Texas CDL and CLP knowledge exams will be administered exclusively in English. Texas' r