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Weather and roads

I-40 is open again at Cubero — but the Rio San Jose flood warning now runs through Monday afternoon

Saturday night's both-directions flood closure near mile marker 102 left semis stranded with no detour available; the interstate has since reopened, but the National Weather Service extended the Rio San Jose flood warning to 3:30 p.m. Monday with numerous local roads still closed, and BNSF's parallel Transcon main line reopens in stages overnight.

Weather and roadsUpdated Sunday, October 25, 2026

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Fuel & rates

Contract resets are landing 13% higher — SONAR's new index says the increases are sticking

SONAR's Contract Rate Change Direction index stood at 13.11% on Oct. 22, up from 3.53% a year earlier — and unlike the 2025 resets, the invoiced contract rate index now suggests the higher rates are holding.

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Avocado imports put $641.5 million into U.S. trucking and warehousing — and Jetco is adding heavy-haul iron on the Gulf Coast

A Texas A&M analysis released Wednesday credits Mexican Hass avocado imports with $641.5 million in U.S. transportation and warehousing activity in fiscal 2025-26, nearly all of it moving by truck through Pharr and Laredo — while Jetco launches a specialized heavy-haul division and GLS reaches El Paso.

Weather and roads

Winter storm warning covers the Dalton Highway through Monday night: 8 to 16 inches in two waves

NWS Fairbanks warns of 8 to 16 inches on the Dalton Highway from Mile Post 165 to 232, including Coldfoot and Wiseman, through 10 p.m. Monday — with up to 20 inches and 55 mph gusts at Red Dog Mine in the western Brooks Range.

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Contract resets are landing 13% higher and sticking, avocado imports put $641.5 million into U.S. trucking, and a winter storm warning covers the Dalton Highway through Monday night.

Weather and roadsOct 25, 2026

Winter storm warning covers the Dalton Highway through Monday night: 8 to 16 inches in two waves

RegulationsOct 24, 2026

Trucking group asks court to void the 2027 UCR fee increase — and halt UCR collections entirely

The Small Business in Transportation Coalition's Oct. 20 petition (D.C. Circuit No. 26-1297) challenges FMCSA's Sept. 1 rule raising 2027 UCR fees an average of 20% — $46 to $55 for the smallest carriers — and alleges FMCSA hands truckers' Social Security numbers to the UCR system without consent. The court has not acted; the fees remain in effect.

Fuel & ratesOct 24, 2026

Roadrunner opens Canada-to-U.S. LTL and sets a 5.9% rate increase for Nov. 2

The LTL carrier's first outbound Canada service links Canadian shippers to about 40 U.S. metro markets with an all-truck linehaul — and its 5.9% general rate increase on the RDFS 501 and RDFS 1000 tariffs takes effect Nov. 2.

EquipmentOct 24, 2026

A zero-emission dealer says stop aiming at Class 8 first: 'Class 4, 5 and 6 are ready now'

Range Zero Emissions CEO Johannes Ariens argues incentives are fixated on Class 7 and 8 while medium-duty trucks can charge overnight on power a small business already has — and that hydrogen and battery will split Class 8 between them.

BorderOct 24, 2026

Mexico's carriers call a national stoppage for Monday — and border freight is in the path

CANACAR, AMOTAC, FEMATRAC and INDECO have called a partial, indefinite national stoppage from 8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26 over highway robbery, extortion and a 2027 fiscal change — with Nuevo Laredo and Tamaulipas among the places expecting the heaviest effects.

Road conditionsOct 24, 2026

I-285 is fully closed in southwest Atlanta all weekend — GDOT asks truckers to take the detour this time

All lanes of I-285 are closed both directions between Cascade Road (exit 7) and SR 166/Langford Parkway (exit 5) from 7 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for the $206 million Westside Rebuild — after GDOT blamed trucks that ignored detours for last weekend's Smyrna gridlock.

DieselOct 24, 2026

The $8 billion diesel aid for farmers won't arrive until after the election, a USDA official says

USDA official Richard Fordyce told Reuters the payments will come after Nov. 3, probably close to the end of the year — while diesel rose again to $6.28 and truck stop operators call the red-dyed diesel guidance murky.

Fuel & ratesOct 23, 2026

Triumph Financial grows through the freight recession — and blames carrier costs

Triumph Financial's transportation revenue grew nearly 38% in the third quarter as the factoring giant added more than 700 customers this year; its CEO says driver pay, diesel, insurance, equipment and financing costs are what keep squeezing carriers.

Fuel & ratesOct 23, 2026

Rejected loads cost a median 22% more, new tender data shows

FreightWaves SONAR's new routing-guide data puts a hard number on tender rejection: loads that fall to a second carrier cost a median 22.02% more all-in, and third-tender loads cost 26.44% more.

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I-40 is open again at Cubero — but the Rio San Jose flood warning now runs through Monday afternoon

Contract resets are landing 13% higher — SONAR's new index says the increases are sticking

Avocado imports put $641.5 million into U.S. trucking and warehousing — and Jetco is adding heavy-haul iron on the Gulf Coast

Winter storm warning covers the Dalton Highway through Monday night: 8 to 16 inches in two waves

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The Morning Mile — Sunday, Oct. 25

Winter storm warning covers the Dalton Highway through Monday night: 8 to 16 inches in two waves

Trucking group asks court to void the 2027 UCR fee increase — and halt UCR collections entirely

Roadrunner opens Canada-to-U.S. LTL and sets a 5.9% rate increase for Nov. 2

A zero-emission dealer says stop aiming at Class 8 first: 'Class 4, 5 and 6 are ready now'

Mexico's carriers call a national stoppage for Monday — and border freight is in the path

I-285 is fully closed in southwest Atlanta all weekend — GDOT asks truckers to take the detour this time

The $8 billion diesel aid for farmers won't arrive until after the election, a USDA official says

Triumph Financial grows through the freight recession — and blames carrier costs

Rejected loads cost a median 22% more, new tender data shows

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