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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001008886-24-000033
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240105
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240112
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240112

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Long Matisse
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002007739
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24960
		FILM NUMBER:		24533020

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY
		CITY:			CHATTANOOGA
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37419

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000928658
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				880320154
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY
		CITY:			CHATTANOOGA
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37419
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4238211212

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY
		CITY:			CHATTANOOGA
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37419

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COVENANT TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070522

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COVENANT TRANSPORT INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940818
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        <issuerName>COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC.</issuerName>
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 9,115 shares of restricted stock subject to certain vesting, forfeiture, and termination provisions.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Matisse Long, by Heidi Hornung-Scherr, attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a POA filed herewith</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-01-12</signatureDate>
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      <div style="text-align: center;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Amber Ziegler, Paul Bunn, Tripp Grant, Mark
        A. Scudder, Heidi Hornung-Scherr, and Cody Kofoid signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director, and/or ten percent stockholder of Covenant
                Logistics Group, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
                4, or 5, including a Form ID, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
                to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
                contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's sole discretion.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
        whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
        or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
        The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company or Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O. assuming, any of the undersigned's
        responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">In consideration of the attorneys-in-fact acting on the undersigned's behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney, the undersigned
        hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each attorney-in-fact, each substitute attorney-in-fact, and each of their respective heirs, executors, legal representatives, successors, and assigns from and against the entirety of any and all losses,
        claims, causes of action, damages, fines, defense costs, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses (collectively, "Losses"), relating to or arising out of the exercise of this Power of
        Attorney by any such attorney-in-fact or substitute attorney-in-fact, and will reimburse each such indemnified person for all Losses as they are incurred by such indemnified person in connection with any pending or threatened claim, action, suit,
        proceeding, or investigation with which such indemnified person is or is threatened to be made a party. The undersigned will not, however, be responsible for any Losses that are finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have
        resulted solely from an attorney-in-fact's or substitute attorney-in-fact's bad faith or willful misconduct.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
        with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 9th day of January 2024.</div>
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              <div>/s/ W. Matisse Long</div>
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              <div>Matisse Long</div>
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