Month: April 2016

(April 7, 2016) -- RV owners will have to be more vigilant in the way they park and store their RVs as the bylaw enforcing motorhome regulations has changed, making it easier for officers to cite offenders.

(April 7, 2016) -- Mohave County authorities said one resident of a Mohave Valley recreational vehicle park critically wounded another resident and then fatally shot himself.

(April 7, 2016) -- Newmar Corp., a recreational vehicle manufacturer in Nappanee, reduced its workforce April 1. While the company, which was founded in 1968, did not say how many employees were laid off, it did release a statement.

(April 7, 2016) -- Puckett Excursions, a new full-service, L.A.-based outdoor tour company, aims to take some of the wild out of the wilderness with what it has coined “sophisticamping”—customized experiences that include a luxury tent with smartly appointed bedding and food and drink prepared by a chef who sources local ingredients and a mixologist from DTLA’s Bar Mattachine.

(April 7, 2016) -- Relax in a plush, king-size bed. Enjoy a movie on the flat screen TV. Gaze up at the chandelier hanging from the ceiling at Pampered Wilderness in Tenino, Wash.

(April 7, 2016) -- The man responsible for setting off fireworks during a fire ban last summer and sparking a 30-acre blaze that destroyed wilderness and endangered campers along the Colorado River has agreed to pay restitution to avoid criminal charges.

Spartan Motors Inc. CEO Daryl Adams and Steve Guillaume, president of the Spartan Specialty Vehicles division, took time during the Florida RV SuperShow in January to tout the company’s new mobile application, Spartan Connected Care. In addition, Adams later told RVBUSINESS.com that the Charlotte, Mich.-based company’s 2015 financial report — which, released in February, included […]

(April 7, 2016) -- Work has begun on a resort in northwest Indiana that will include a lake, campground and a 165,000-square-foot dome that will be used for sporting events.

A wildfire driven by gusty winds erupted in western Arizona on Wednesday (April 6) and jumped the Colorado River into California, devouring more than two square miles of brush and prompting the evacuation of a resort and RV parks before the flames began to ease, authorities said. The Associated Press reported that about 100 people were […]

(April 7, 2016) -- Campers planning to enjoy the National Park Service Centennial this summer with a camping trip to Great Basin National Park in Nevada will find limited space to pitch their tents, as the Upper Lehman Creek Campground will be closed and water will not be available at the Lower Lehman Creek Campground.