Month: March 2016

(March 30, 2016) -- "Electric sites go quickly," Todd Coffelt, chief of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources State Parks Bureau, said. "And some sites will already be reserved by campers arriving prior to the holiday weekend."

(March 30, 2016) -- A motorhome stranded on a California beach was rescued last Saturday after a close call with the unforgiving tide. Cheers can be heard on the video posted by the San Luis Obispo Tribune, which shows a tow truck dragging the submerged Class B motorhome out of the water as it became engulfed by the surging tidewaters of the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area in Pismo Beach.

(March 30, 2016) -- Firefighters were called out to face exploding propane tanks and a fire that destroyed a camper in the Big Woods subdivision in rural De Soto early Sunday morning.

ARC Representation announced that Carmine Howell is the newest addition to its team of national sales representatives.  “Carmine Howell is a motivated, optimistic person that is perfect for our industry and her territory,” said Raymond Padgett, managing partner of ARC, in a press release. “Her 20-plus years of success is driven by her positive attitude, determined […]

(March 30, 2016) -- The Williams County Sheriff's Office said the death of 23-year-old Phillip Unnerstall Jr. has been ruled accidental. The state medical examiner's office determined that Unnerstall died of smoke inhalation.

(March 30, 2016) -- A north Spokane, Wash., family is searching for a 30 foot camping trailer that disappeared from the storage unit where they were keeping it.

The 5th Annual Carefree’s Got Talent (CGT) competition finale drew nearly 1,800 Carefree Community residents to the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, Fla., on March 23 and raised $33,243 to support Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Carefree Communities Inc. said in a written announcement. Carefree has worked closely with DAV over the past three years, raising $100,000 in cash and in-kind donations to help veterans get benefit and […]

Black Book reported that February wholesale values at auction were up slightly for motorhomes while towables showed a 10.4% gain. “The weather has finally started to improve, and the performance of RVs at auction has followed suit,” said Eric Lawrence, director of specialty products for Black Book, noting February represented the third straight month where […]

(March 29, 2016) — The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing revisions to its policies for partnerships and philanthropy to better align with current best practices in the philanthropic sector.

(March 29, 2016) — RVDA of Alberta invites attendees of the RVDA Convention/Expo in Las Vegas, Nev., to the 2016 annual general meeting and member’s golf tournament.