Walmart is raising pay for long-haul truck drivers, a taxing job that is increasingly difficult for companies to fill. Walmart, one of the few retail chains that runs its own trucking fleet, said it's ...

Walmart is raising pay for long-haul truck drivers, a taxing job that is increasingly difficult for companies to fill.Related video above: Study suggests self-driving trucks could replace 500,000 U.S.

Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer In the midst of a truck driver shortage last year, Walmart decided its own ranks of 1.6 million employees might want to learn how to drive a big rig for Walmart.

Last week, Sgt. Koubek of the Nebraska State Patrol had the privilege of honoring Jay Woodard, a Walmart truck driver, for an ...