Month: November 2011

(Nov. 23, 2011) -- The Elevation is a full featured toy hauler that comes in two travel trailer models and three fifth wheel floorplans. It has been designed specifically to serve the half-ton and 3/4-ton market.

(Nov. 23, 2011) -- Town and state officials said Tuesday that Groesbeck, a Central Texas town Major Jackie Livingston says is two weeks away from running out of water, has been given emergency approval to run three miles of pipeline through Fort Parker State Park to draw water from a rock quarry, reports The Associated Press.

(Nov. 23, 2011) -- Personal consumer expenditures (PCE) rose a smaller than expected 0.1 percent in October following an upwardly revised 0.7 percent gain in September, RBC Economics Research reported.

(Nov. 23, 2011) -- The Navarre Press reports that the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners is considering reducing the restrictions on RV use in the land development code.

(Nov. 23, 2011) -- North Dakota Tourism recently awarded the first grants for the new Tourism Infrastructure Grant Program. The North Dakota State Fair in Minot and the Riverdale High Lodge in Riverdale were both recipients of the grant, reports KFYR.

(Nov. 23, 2011) -- Wholesale shipments of all RVs were reported at 19,100 units in the RV Industry Association’s October 2011 survey of manufacturers, which was released today. That figure is ahead of last month by 12.4 percent and 15.1 percent ahead of this same month last year.

(Nov. 23, 2011) -- An investigation continues into the cause of a fire that engulfed a motorhome at the Sounds of the Sea RV Park in Trinidad early Sunday morning, which left two dead and a young boy being treated for severe burns, reports the Times-Standard.

(Nov. 23, 2011) -- Most of the major developed campgrounds throughout the White River National Forest surrounding Aspen will be operated by a new management company for the first time in 12 summers next year, reports the Aspen Times.

(Nov. 23, 2011) -- The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that about $27 million in plans are underway to temporarily close and revamp the Dolomite and McWilliams campgrounds and Old Mill Picnic Area, three Spring Mountains National Recreation Area sites in Lee Canyon.

(Nov. 23, 2011) -- A public meeting to develop a draft Unit Management Plan for the Crown Point Historic Site and Crown Point Campground and Day Use Area will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 7, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Crown Point Historic Site Museum in Crown Point.