Month: March 2015

(March 5, 2015) -- "Claims have been volatile in recent weeks with swings of over 20,000 in the three readings prior to today’s release. The four-week moving average has also been unusually volatile, rising to 304,750 currently from 283,000 just two weeks ago, which was down from 307,000 in mid-January," said Nye.

(March 5 ,2015) — The Mike Molino RV Learning Center in conjunction with KPA, will host a free webinar on March 12 at noon ET, focusing on individuals' strengths and using them to increase customer satisfaction and employee morale, as well as boosting productivity.

(March 5, 2015) -- One person is dead following a fire at the Trails End Campground in Horntown, Va., this week. Firemen found the body inside the structure after the flames had been extinguished.

(March 5, 2015) -- A man found dead last month at a campground in Olympic National Park died from a wound caused by a crossbow, but investigators still don't know if his death was a homicide, a suicide or an accident.

(March 5, 2015) -- The RV campsites at Bull Creek Campground have gotten more expensive but the county is willing to offer a slight compromise. They offer campers a preferred monthly rate of $660, booked through staff and offered for one month only.

(March 5, 2015) -- One of Georgia’s state parks, Fort Yargo, has opened 13 new camper cabins for overnight guests. Located near Winder, the cabins feature two bedrooms, a sleeper sofa, one bath, a kitchen, television and screened porch.

(March 5, 2015) -- William Ray Wolfe Jr. said he didn’t have much, but he couldn’t help heaving a weary sigh as a crew of firefighters hosed down the remains of his home Thursday in a Thurmont, Md., trailer park.

(March 5, 2015) -- Nickola served on the MARVAC Board of Directors for three terms and the association's utility committee for more than a decade. She was a trail blazer as a woman business owner, leader and industry member, the association noted.

Dawn Bitz wants to take her business on a little road trip. Business Denver reported that Grasshaven Outdoors, Bitz’s Boulder-based car camping and RV supply retailer, is expanding around the U.S. with 40 new kiosks in RV dealerships from New Hampshire to Idaho. The company ultimately aims to expand to from 19 to 250 kiosks […]

Mwalimu Karisa’s second dream is getting closer to reality. Karisa, 20, who spent a year in the Iowa’s Quad-Cities in 2012 as a foreign exchange student, first dreamed of seeing a drinking well built in his village in Kenya. About 18 months ago, that came to be. “This well has changed everything,” he said. Now, […]