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Yellow Corp. announced it is acquiring Action Express, a less-than-truckload carrier based in Boise, Idaho, to expand its regional trucking service in the Pacific Northwest and West.

The public may comment on the consent decrees signed by diesel engine makers in an agreement with the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Flatbed carrier Boyd Bros. Transportation is going west. The Clayton, Ala., company, which operates in the eastern two-thirds of the U.S., plans to acquire Houston-based Ruel Smith Transportation Services and a freight brokerage affiliate for $4.5 million in cash and stock.

The Federal Highway Administration is proposing changes to driver medical examination forms that trucking interests say would let physicians perform additional tests at their discretion.

A dispute over the medical exams required by Canadian drivers to work in the U.S. may result in a long-awaited reciprocity agreement between the two countries.

Tolls on the Ohio Turnpike will increase as scheduled Jan. 1, despite suggestions by one turnpike official last winter that the extra money may not be needed.

Incumbent Sen. Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, narrowly won re-election today, defeating his Republican challenger, Rep. John Ensign, by 459 votes. In other national races, Tuesday's elections brought no significant changes to congressional committees with oversight over trucking issues.

The Teamsters rerun election got under way Monday as the court-appointed election officer mailed ballots to the union's 1.4 million members.

Brian Cavey is leaving the rarefied atmosphere of Washington's Capitol Hill for the Big Sky of Montana. He will be the new executive vice president of the Montana Motor Carrier Assn. Mr. Carvey replaces Ben Havdahl, who will retire before the next legislative session begins in January.