Month: March 2013

(March 12, 2013) -- Sometime between 1:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday, someone broke into vehicles and a camper at Lacy RV in McPherson. Numerous farrier tools, 100 DVDs, a Visio Blue Ray player and a Pioneer stereo were stolen, reports the McPherson Sentinel.

(March 12, 2013) -- The Board of Directors of Flexsteel Industries, Inc. today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share, payable April 5, 2013 to shareholders of record as of March 22, 2013.

(March 12, 2013) -- Because of the five percent budget reduction that is in place, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closing three campgrounds, two picnic areas, one horse camp, and associated access roads, for the 2013 season.

(March 12, 2013) -- On Monday, Mammoth Cave National Park announced that as many as 28,000 fewer people will be able to take cave tours this year as a result of federal budget cuts, reports The Courier-Journal.

(March 12, 2013) -- Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is asking if the National Park Service is “playing politics” by closing Wind Cave National Park’s 64-site Elk Mountain Campground, writes the Daily Republic.

(March 12, 2013) -- The National Park Service has acquired 34 acres of the former Westcott Bay Sea Farms property in Friday Harbor from the Conservation Fund, and is seeking to acquire 36 additional acres when funding can be arranged, reports the Journal of the San Juan Islands.

(March 12, 2013) -- Holly Lawson was working in a campground kiosk at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, about 60 miles south of the epicenter of Monday's earthquake, when the windows in her tiny kiosk began to rattle, writes the Los Angeles Times.

(March 12, 2013) -- Superintendent John J. Donahue has announced that motorists can expect River Road within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to be closed on several evenings over the next few weeks to protect breeding amphibians. The closures are contingent on the weather.

(March 12, 2013) -- Plans for a new RV park in Fernandina Beach were presented at a special workshop last Tuesday at City Hall, but the audience - mostly residents with homes close to the proposed business - was less than enthusiastic, writes the Fernandina Beach News-Leader.

(March 12, 2013) -- Camping at Finn Road Park is getting pricier. On Monday, Hampton Township officials unanimously approved a 10 percent camping fee increase, reports the Bay City Times.