New Mexico

Taiwan-based electronics maker Foxconn is betting big on Mexico with a $500 million investment.

This week in Borderlands: Solar panel maker building $1B factory in New Mexico; McMaster-Carr to open $360M distribution center in Fort Worth; Startup Aircon raises $3.3M in seed funding; and Texas-based Ever.Ag acquires logistics platform.

This week in Borderlands: New Mexico lands first major auto parts manufacturing plant; FedEx closing facility in Texas; Nippon Express opens logistics warehouse in Arizona; and San Diego customs agent charged with taking bribes.

The New Mexico House of Representatives has passed a bill to require a freight train crew size of at least two members. The bill now goes to the state Senate.

Truckers face elevated risks of low visibility and rollovers as fire weather conditions increase across the Southwest (video forecast included).

President Joe Biden signed an emergency declaration that would free up federal resources for New Mexico wildfire victims.

The governor of New Mexico has secured funding to help fight 20 early-season wildfires burning in the state (video forecast included).

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that includes federal highway designation for portions of Interstate 27 in Texas and New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor project

Drivers are wanted in New Mexico and Texas to transport nuclear weapons and materials at a starting salary of $52,248.

SavantX is moving some of its operations to New Mexico and opening a research center focused on quantum solutions for industries such as trucking and aviation.

After initially being part of Utah’s self-declaration process for anyone entering the state, truck drivers and airline pilots have now been exempted from the order. Also, Kentucky extends emergency orders and Nebraska Trucking Association launches #ThankaTrucker campaign.

Waymo is now testing self-driving trucks on highways in Texas and New Mexico, plus Rhode Island budgets shortfall in truck toll revenue and House committee chairman tries to restart infrastructure talks.

Another foot of snow to pile up today in parts of Rockies, Great Basin. More travel trouble for truckers.

Snowstorm causing problems in a once-thriving freight market out west. Fires, wind, rain in other regions of U.S.

More downpours add to flood threat in parts of Desert Southwest hit hard yesterday. New spots of flooding also likely.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: U.S.-Mexico migration deal expires on Sept. 6;  Columbus, NM, gets new […]

Some roads in Mountain West could end up closed this weekend. Heavy snow and wind to give truckers a hard time.