THE MCCLATCHY COMPANY LLC

DBA: THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER

DOT# 4226274 MC# 1634345CARRIER

ACTIVE

Trust Score

96 / 100

A Excellent

Components

Compliance · 40% 100

Safety · 35% 100

Insurance · 25% 85

No active cargo insurance on file

Confidence: medium · based on FMCSA safety, insurance & authority data How is this calculated?

Potential Chameleon Carrier

This carrier shares strong identity signals with a carrier that had safety concerns. This is a heuristic flag, not a confirmed finding.

low DOT# 97174—May be a successor to DOT 97174 (THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY, inactive). Linked by: email, officer, phone

Overview

Address

724 MONTANA DR STE G

CHARLOTTE, NC 28216

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Contact

Phone: (704) 358-5197

Email: tdarr@charlotteobserver.com

Company Officers

JEFF SAULS

TIMOTHY DARR

Business Info

D&B #: 0

Fleet

Power Units

Drivers

Equipment Breakdown

Owned Trucks4

Owned Tractors1

Authority

Status: ACTIVE

FMCSA add date: Apr 16, 2024

Common authority: May 6, 2024

Authority History (1)

Authority Type	Action	Date
MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	May 6, 2024

Cargo Types

General FreightPaper Products

Active Certifications

Property

MCS-150

Last updated: Jan 6, 2025

Mileage: 165,000 (2024)

Operation Classification

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier Operation

Interstate

Related Companies

Company	DOT#	MC#	Location	Status	Linked By
THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY	97174	19550	CHARLOTTE, NC	INACTIVE	EmailDomainOfficerPhone

Recent Changes

Identitycompany officer 1: JEFF SAULS → JEFF SAULSSep 5, 2026

Contactemail: TDARR@CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM → tdarr@charlotteobserver.comAug 16, 2026

Identitycompany officer 1: TIMOTHY DARR → JEFF SAULSAug 16, 2026

Safety

Out-of-Service Rates

Driver2 inspections

0.0%

6.3%

Carrier National avg

Vehicle2 inspections

100.0%

22.9%

Carrier National avg

Hazmat

No hazmat inspections

Overall2 inspections

100.0%

Carrier

Crash Summary

Fatal

Injury

Towaway

Total

BASIC Violations

Unsafe Driving0

Driver Fitness0

Hours of Service0

Drug / Alcohol0

Vehicle Maintenance10

Safety Measurement System (SMS)

FMCSA's official per-BASIC roadside-performance measures over the trailing 24 months, computed from the 2 inspections below. A measure of 0 means no recorded violations in that BASIC — not necessarily a strong safety record on a small sample. FMCSA does not publish peer-group percentiles for property carriers, so the underlying measures — not percentile rankings — are shown; Hazmat Compliance and Crash Indicator are not published. Based on fewer than 11 inspections — treat these measures as a weak signal.

SMS Inspections (24 mo)

Total

Driver OOS

Vehicle OOS

BASIC Measures

Unsafe Driving0.000 insp w/ viol

Hours of Service0.000 insp w/ viol

Driver Fitness0.000 insp w/ viol

Controlled Substances0.000 insp w/ viol

Vehicle Maintenance21.002 insp w/ viol

Insurance

$750,000

BIPD Coverage

—

Cargo Coverage

1 policy on file1 active

Type	Status	Insurer	Policy #	Coverage	Effective	Expires	Form
BIPD	Active	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	8R811681	$750,000	Apr 25, 2024	—	91X

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