Month: June 2015

(June 19, 2015) — A local car club is raffling off a custom teardrop trailer this summer as a way to raise money for the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Journal Star reported.

(June 19, 2015) — Recreational vehicles, the business of motor homes and camping trailers, can be an interesting investing niche. It's an old-school industry that has managed to stay relevant. Lately, times have been very good, the Motley Fool reported .

(June 13, 2015) -- A sign at Riverside RV Park and Campground reads: “Stop!!! Tenants and visitors if you have exposed tattoos, body art, or piercings do not enter! This is private property.”

(June 19, 2015) — Sturgis Planning Commission on Tuesday reaffirmed zoning ordinance language that continues to limit the outdoor storage of recreational vehicles in residential neighborhoods, the Sturgis Journal reported.

(June 19, 2015) -- Fox News reported that the proposed rules would "cut fuel costs by about $170 billion and reduce oil consumption by up to 1.8 billion barrels over the lifetime of vehicles sold under the rule." Uh-huh. What's "the lifetime of vehicles sold under the rule" mean?

(June 19, 2015) — A camper at Sequoia National Parks was awakened in his sleeping bag Wednesday morning by a bear, the Visalia Times-Delta reported.

(June 19, 2015) — Campers at the Kampground of America site in Tucson can expect solar-powered facilities in the fall, the Phoenix Business Journal reported.

(June 19, 2015) — The movement to secure a decent living for the working poor has scored impressive victories in recent years, notably President Obama’s 2014 executive order mandating a $10.10 minimum wage for workers on federal construction and service contracts, the Washington Post reported.

(June 19, 2015) — Volkswagen has unveiled the latest version of its California camper van. The only factory-built camper van on the market, and based on the Transporter T6 van launched earlier this year, the fourth-generation California will be available from the end of the year, the Express reported.

June 19, 2015) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules today that would lower carbon dioxide emissions from trucks and vans by 24 percent by 2027. The move is part of President Obama plan to reduce pollution blamed for "global warming," Fox News reported.