Newport Communications Group announced that the editors of its Heavy Duty Trucking magazine have won a number of national and regional awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors.


National Awards are as follows:
* Silver: Editorial/Editor's Letter, Executive Editor Steve Sturgess' column, February and April 2007
* Bronze: Feature Series, "Trucking & The Environment," August 2007, Senior Editor Deborah Lockridge, Washington Editor Oliver B. Patton, Senior Editor Patricia Smith, Senior Equipment Editor Tom Berg, Technology Editor Jim Beach
* Bronze: Government Coverage, September, October, and November 2007, Washington Editor Oliver B. Patton, Editor/Editorial Director Deborah Whistler, President Doug Condra, Senior Equipment Editor Tom Berg, Senior Editor Deborah Lockridge

Regional Awards are as follows:
* Regional Gold: Editorial/Editor's Letter, Editor/Editorial Director Deborah Whistler Editorials, September and November 2007
* Regional Gold: News Analysis/Investigative, "Return To Limbo," (hours of service), September 2007, Washington Editor Oliver B. Patton
* Regional Gold, Technical Article: "New Fuels, New Problems," June 2007, Senior Editor Deborah Lockridge
* Regional Bronze: Regular Department, Emissions Department, September, October, November 2007, Executive Editor Steve Sturgess, Senior Equipment Editor Tom Berg, Editor/Editorial Director Deborah Whistler, Technical Editor Jim Beach
* Regional Bronze: Technical Article, The Monster That's Eating Your Rigs," November 2007, Senior Editor Deborah Lockridge