Month: July 2015

(July 3, 2015) -- A Liberty, Mo., man is one of three people rescued by helicopter from rising flood waters at a Benton County campsite.

(July 3, 2015) -- Most sheeple will celebrate July 4 with tons of brats and burgers and an ocean of beer, forgetting the very reason the holiday exists in the first place. And that is why our independence is so precarious today.

(July 3, 2015) -- With the Fourth of July weekend fast approaching, many families will choose to go camping to spend time with each other. The uptick of campers around the holiday is being felt at campgrounds across the Southern Tier.

(July 3, 2015) -- For the second time in two weeks, Spencer Canyon Campground on Mt. Lemmon is closed due to a possible mountain lion in the area

(July 3, 2015) -- Campers had to evacuate the popular Cottonwood Lake campground in Chaffee County, Colo., Thursday night after several mudslides happened in the area late Thursday afternoon.

(July 3, 2015) -- Some people tried getting an early start to their 4th of July weekend by heading to the Sierra, Calif., on Thursday. But, the weather conditions were much different than expected with scattered thunderstorms in the high country.

(July 3, 2015) -- It seems some of The Daily Examiner's Facebook fans have a different description of camping to the regular poles, pegs and a swag on the ground.

(July 3, 2015) -- Twin Buttes Reservoir's Marina Park will be open for camping only Friday through Sunday. All other gates leading to the reservoir will be locked.

(July 3, 2015) -- The Minnesota DNR said state parks are seeing record attendance. In the last year alone, occupancy has gone up 18 percent.

(July 3, 2015) -- Campers of the Sherlock Campground in East Grand Forks, N.D., are being encouraged to show off their patriotic side for a decorating contest.