Why long-haul truckers are leaving the industry for local delivery routes
The pay is often lower. People assume that ends the argument and it does not, because the drivers making this move are not comparing wages. They are comparing lives.
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How 911 dispatchers deescalate emergency calls
The first thing you learn is that a panicking caller is not being difficult.
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How a Wisconsin towing operator handles the aftermath of a highway crash
By the time the tow truck arrives, the ambulance has usually gone.
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The mechanics who keep ancient school buses running on dirt roads
The bus that collects children on the county roads east of here was built in 2004.
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The community college students balancing night shifts with daytime classes
I teach an introductory journalism course at a community college, at eight in the morning, which means I have spent several years watching people...
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Why local water wildcatters are drilling deeper in Cochise County
The well that served a house for forty years goes dry in August.
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How independent truck stops survive against interstate chains
I put close to three million miles behind me before my knees decided the matter, and I stopped at a great many places that no longer exist.
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What it takes to run a single-pump gas station in rural Nebraska
The margin on a gallon of fuel is a few cents. That number is the beginning and the end of the story, and everything else follows from it.