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<DESCRIPTION>WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC. 8-K 03/03/10
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Exhibit 99.1

                      WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.
                         14507 Frontier Road
                           P.O. Box 45308
                       Omaha, Nebraska  68145


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       Contact:  John J. Steele
---------------------        Executive Vice President, Treasurer and
                                             Chief Financial Officer
                                                      (402) 894-3036


   WERNER ENTERPRISES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE J.P. MORGAN AVIATION,
                 TRANSPORTATION & DEFENSE CONFERENCE

Omaha, Nebraska; March 3, 2010:
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     Werner  Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) ("Werner"), one  of  the
nation's  largest  transportation and logistics companies,  announced
that  it will participate in the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation
&  Defense  Conference on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at the  J.P.  Morgan
Conference Center in New York City, New York.

     John  J.  Steele, Executive Vice President, Treasurer and  Chief
Financial  Officer  of  Werner, will represent  the  company  at  the
conference.   Mr. Steele will present a general overview of  Werner's
business   and   operations   to  the  investment   community.    The
presentation  will begin at 9:20 a.m. (EST) and will be approximately
40  minutes  in  length.  Mr. Steele will also take part  in  several
meetings with investors during the conference.

     On  the date of the conference, a live audio webcast of Werner's
formal presentation and the investor materials provided by Werner  at
the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation & Defense Conference will be
publicly   accessible   on  the  internet   through   the   "Investor
Information"  link  on  the Werner website  at  www.werner.com.   The
investor materials and replays of the webcast presentation will  then
be  archived and available to the public on the Werner website during
the 30-day period following the conference date.

     Werner  Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is  a  premier
transportation and logistics company, with coverage throughout  North
America,  Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and Australia.   Werner
maintains  its  global headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska and  maintains
offices  in  the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and  Australia.
Werner  is  among the five largest truckload carriers in  the  United
States, with a diversified portfolio of transportation services  that
includes  dedicated,  medium-to-long-haul,  regional  and  local  van
capacity,  expedited,  temperature-controlled and  flatbed  services.
Werner's  Value Added Services portfolio includes freight management,
truck  brokerage, intermodal, load/mode and network optimization  and
freight forwarding.  Werner, through its subsidiary companies,  is  a
licensed  U.S. NVOCC, U.S. Customs Broker, Class A Freight  Forwarder
in  China,  China NVOCC, TSA-approved Indirect Air Carrier  and  IATA
Accredited Cargo Agent.

     Werner  Enterprises, Inc.'s common stock trades  on  the  NASDAQ
Global   Select  MarketSM  under  the  symbol  "WERN".   For  further
information   about   Werner,  visit   the   company's   website   at
www.werner.com.

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     This  press release, as well as the investor materials  provided
by  and  the  oral public statements made by a Werner  representative
during the conference presentation, meetings and webcast announced in
this press release, may contain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section  21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  and
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation  Reform  Act  of 1995, as amended.   Such  forward-looking
statements  are based on information presently available to  Werner's
management and are current only as of the date made.  Actual  results
could also differ materially from those anticipated as a result of  a
number of factors, including, but not limited to, those discussed  in
Werner's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December  31,
2009.  For those reasons, undue reliance should not be placed on  any
forward-looking statement.  Werner assumes no duty or  obligation  to
update or revise any forward-looking statement, although it may do so
from  time to time as management believes is warranted or as  may  be
required by applicable securities law.  Any such updates or revisions
may  be  made by filing reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission,  through  the  issuance of press  releases  or  by  other
methods of public disclosure.

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