Month: December 2011

(Dec. 5, 2011) -- ABC 57 News reports that Brian Doss, now a former Keystone RV employee, is in serious trouble after officers say he allegedly raped and sodomized another Keystone RV employee while in Louisville for the RV trade show.

(Dec. 5, 2011) -- America's State Parks announced that all 50 state park systems will sponsor free, guided First Day Hike Programs on New Year’s Day 2012. First Day Hikes offer a great way to get outside, exercise, enjoy nature and welcome the New Year with friends and family.

(Dec. 5, 2011) -- Cummins and Mercury Marine will transition from their Cummins MerCruiser Diesel Marine joint venture to a strategic supply arrangement between the two companies to more effectively and efficiently serve customers in the global diesel marine market.

(Dec. 5, 2011) -- Starcraft RV, Inc. is recalling nine model year 2012 Autumn Ridge and Travel Star travel trailers. The power converters may have been built with an undersized input coil, which may cause overheating, smoking and melting of the converter. This could result in a fire, injury or death.

(Dec. 5, 2011) -- With a mix of emotions for crews and visitors, parts of Bastrop State Park reopened to the public Friday morning, reports YNN, Your News Now.

(Nov. 5, 2011) -- Sugarloaf Ridge State Park shut down entirely last week for the winter, a first in the park's history and troubling sign of the crisis encompassing California's parks system, reports the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.

(Dec. 5, 2011) -- Keystone RV Company is recalling 805 model year 2007-2009 Cougar Fifth Wheel Trailers manufactured from May 12, 2006 through Feb. 12, 2009. The subject vehicles were manufactured with a label that lists the maximum tire pressure of 80PSI instead of the correct maximum of 65PSI.

(Dec. 2, 2011) -- Tom Ramsay, of Meridian RV Mfg Ltd. in Port Coquitlam, B.C., was presented with the 2011 Canadian RV Dealer of the Year Award Tuesday at the 2011 Canada Night Dinner held in Louisville, Ky.

(Dec. 2, 2011) -- Recently, the United States District Court in Indianapolis was asked to review a situation involving an employee who was terminated after she had taken more than 12 weeks of family leave. The court found that the hospital may have actually interfered in the employee's FMLA rights by doing nothing to alert her that her job may be in jeopardy.

(Dec. 2, 2011) --  The RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Manger’s Index (PMI) signalled continued expansion of manufacturing activity in November. The U.S. manufacturing sector expanded for the 28th consecutive month in November, and the pace of growth accelerated to its highest level in five months.