Month: April 2015

(April 3, 2015) -- For the 2015 season, all campsites at Placid Lake State Park, Salmon Lake State Park and Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park are fully reservable. All Campsites in the Cains Coulee Campground at Makoshika State Park and all electrified sites at Tongue River State Park and West Shore State park are fully reservable, as well.

(April 3, 2015) -- Police are searching for an 11-year-old boy missing in a national park near Lake Eildon, in Victoria, Australia.

(April 3, 2015) -- Two people were burned in an explosion early Friday morning that ignited a fire inside a trailer camper in Southeast Portland, Ore., caused by drug activity.

(April 3, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association has released the 2015 edition of the Pennsylvania Campground Directory.

(April 3, 2015) -- Arson is suspected in the burning destruction of three campers and a cabin at a riverside campground near Laurel Run Park in Church Hill, Tenn.

(April 3, 2015) -- The sputtering U.S. economy created just 126,000 jobs in March as February's numbers were revised lower to 264,000 from the initially reported 295,000, while January's number fell from 239,000 to 201,000. The Fed now predicts zero GDP growth for the first quarter.

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) is preparing for Committee Week 2015, taking place May 31-June 4 at the Mayflower Renaissance Washington in Washington, D.C., according to a report inRVIA Today Express. Over the course of the five-day event, the association’s standing committees, the Executive Committee and the RVIA board will meet to set the association’s […]

The Recreational Vehicle Aftermarket Association (RVAA) announced that beginning April 13 members can register for its 2015 Executive Conference, which is Aug. 17-21 at the Pinnacle Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. RVAA President Jim Stark reported in an RVAA News bulletin that the organization will e-mail every company a registration/payment form. The deadline for registration is June […]

Southeast Publications announced that during its 2015 National Awards and Training Conference, it raised $35,000 for the KOA Care Camps.  The money was raised from its sales associates during the Conference at the annual Auction for the Camp, which was then matched by CEO Wally Warrick. “While Southeast Publications’ legacy continues to be the industry […]

(April 3, 2015) -- The victim of a shooting at a Shoshone County, Idaho, campground is planning to protest his shooter's plea deal. Daniel Hubbard was shot twice at a Graham Creek campsite by Michael Hall.