Month: August 2015

(Aug. 11, 2015) -- On Monday, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County, Tenn., Regional Planning Commission approved a special permit for a camping/glamping site near the Cumberland Trail at 2380 Retro Hughes Road.

(Aug. 11, 2015) -- A teenage hiker was found uninjured Sunday after he was separated from his mother and spent a night alone in the backcountry of the Beartooth Mountains.

(Aug. 11, 2015) -- Due to increased fire activity from the National Creek Complex fire in a corner of Crater Lake National Park, Diamond Lake Ranger District officials announced a temporary hold on all new reservations for campgrounds surrounding Diamond Lake as a precaution.

Ford Motor Co. is scrambling to find enough steel frames to keep up with demand for its best-selling F-150 truck. The automaker reportedly has hired a second supplier — Tower International Inc. — to build the frames for the redesigned aluminum-bodied truck, which is produced at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo and at […]

European tourists are driving RV rentals, making it one of the busiest seasons on record. Gas prices may be up, but the low loonie is offsetting the cost of a cross-Canada road trip for many foreign tourists, predominantly from Europe, says Brian Gronberg, CEO and president of the CanaDream RV rental company with headquarters in Calgary. Europeans are accounting […]

(Aug. 10, 2015) — Dealerships are under close scrutiny by regulators on a variety of fronts. Don’t miss a chance to ask the experts for help. Find out what you need to know about sales and finance compliance during a free dealer webinar on Thurs., August 13, at noon ET.

(Aug. 10, 2015) -- Randy Potts recently retired from Winnebago Industries. "I can already feel my blood pressure lowering," said Potts about retirement.

(Aug. 10, 2015) -- Increased camping fees at Wisconsin state parks, forests and recreational areas are now in effect, and park admission and trail passes will go up at the beginning of next year.

(Aug. 10, 2015) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will reopen Bakers Run Campground at Sutton Lake in Sutton, W.Va., on Tuesday, Aug. 11.

(Aug. 10, 2015) -- A man was shot in the arm by a pellet gun recently at KOA Campground in Myrtle Beach, S.C., according to a police report.