Month: July 2013

(July 5, 2013) -- The storm that swept through East Tennessee on July 5, 2012 killed two people in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and two more in Chattanooga. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that 41-year-old Rachael Burkhart died when a tree fell into the swimming hole at Abrams Creek Campground.

(July 5, 2013) -- Virginia will be keeping its existing campsite reservation system at state parks, reports the Washington Post.

(July 5, 2013) -- Michelle Nelson, a mom and a graduate student from Reno, Nev., traveled to Nebraska's Grand Island KOA this holiday, but her responsibilities didn't get to take a vacation, reports 1011now.

(July 5, 2013) -- What’s round, sleeps eight and rents for $40 a night, asks the Corvallis Gazette Times? Benton County’s first yurt.

(July 5, 2013) -- WBIR-TV reports that Great Smoky Mountains National Park is warning visitors to beware of abnormally high water that can change rapidly with more rain in the forecast.

(July 5, 2013) -- The Fourth of July weekend brings thousands to Central and Northern Wisconsin, reports WSAW. Dennis Stanek, owner of Lake DuBay Shores Campground in Mosinee, says more than 200 campers will pack the campground this weekend.

(July 5, 2013) -- A teen lost overnight Wednesday near Priest Gulch Campground in Dolores has returned to camp safe and sound, reports the Cortez Journal.

(July 5, 2013) -- On Sunday morning, Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Deputies arrested four Lafayette men on drug charges at the Kisatchie Bayou Campground in the Kisatchie National Forest, reports KPLC-TV.

(July 5, 2013) -- On Tuesday, the city of Austin again delayed a meeting to hear comments from the public on a proposed homeless RV park, reports MyFox Austin. The Zoning and Planning Commission will instead discuss the proposal on July 12.

(July 5, 2013) -- On July 20, Cummins will be teaming up with Angels & Doves, a nationally known Indianapolis-based anti-bullying organization, and other community partners for an event called "The No Bully Zone," reports WCSI.