The trucking industry is the lifeblood of the U.S. economy. According to the American Trucking Association, most of the food we eat and things we use every day are brought to us by truck.

Congress is considering a move to lower the legal driving age for big rigs to just 18 to capture high school graduates who qualify. Local trucking companies say it's a logical way of finding new drivers.

Now that negotiators in a west coast ports dispute have reached a tentative labor deal, the local trucking industry can get back to work and clear a backlog of shipping containers.

While a lot of attention has been given to the backlog of cargo along the California coast, there's a backlog of another kind growing here in Northern Nevada. And that's containers waiting for export.