PANDEMIC MEANS SUPPLY CHAIN AND ROADS MATTER MORE THAN EVER
By Joe Quinn I’d been home alone for days watching the COVID-19 coverage when it became clear I had to break down and make a grocery run or not eat. I drove on empty streets past dark restaurants thinking my neighborhood looked like it was a snow day, but there was no snow or ice […]
KAT ROBINSON: A FOODIE WHO ALSO KNOWS ROADS
Photo by Grav Weldon (This is an excerpt from Bill Paddack’s interview with Kat Robinson that was featured in the summer issue of Good Roads magazine.) Kat Robinson is widely recognized across the state for her series of books about Arkansas food, her blog and TV shows on Arkansas PBS. She’s the Natural State’s foodie […]
A NEW KIND OF HIGHWAY SAFETY
LITTLE ROCK (04-30) – Officers from the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) are distributing 100,000 masks to commercial truck drivers at weigh stations and rest areas across the state. This is part of a coordinated effort with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and […]
GOVERNOR APPOINTS MARIE HOLDER TO STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Marie Holder of Little Rock as the newest commissioner of the Arkansas State Highway Commission, he announced in a news conference on March 12. Holder will replace the late Tom Schueck, former chairman of the Commission. Holder will serve the remainder of Schueck’s appointment, which will expire January 14, 2021. […]