Trucking industry faces driver shortage fueled by high gas prices
High gas prices are hitting truck drivers hard, and some of them have stopped driving because of it.
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High gas prices are hitting truck drivers hard, and some of them have stopped driving because of it.
Proposals centering on what it would take to make Colon a destination community were ambitious yet plentiful during a community-input session Tuesday.
"They are not anti-vaccine, they are not anti-safety, they spend 90 percent of their time in their cabs," said Mickey Blashfield. "And this seems to be the line in the sand."
"They are not anti-vaccine, they are not anti-safety, they spend 90 percent of their time in their cabs," said Mickey Blashfield. "And this seems to be the line in the sand."
Chaos, confusion and delays are anticipated at border crossings this weekend when a vaccine mandate comes into effect for all truckers entering Canada.