Month: September 2016

(Sept. 27, 2016) — Manila, Ark.- resident Jimmy Brooks had requested, at the August Manila City Council meeting, a waiver to place a camper mobile home on property he owns on Haywood Street, the Town Crier reported.

(Sept. 27, 2016) -- Eddie and Margie Richardson of Nashville, Ga., are the second lucky instant winners of a new 2016 Coleman 262BH travel trailer valued at $18,000 in the Camping World and Good Sam Golden Giveaway.

(Sept. 27, 2016) -- You can now start making campsite reservations at state parks in southern Illinois for the total solar eclipse happening in August of next year, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced Monday.

(Sept. 27, 2016) -- A radio presenter committed suicide after worrying about his diagnosis of heart failure in Brecon, Wales. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his camper.

U.S. consumer confidence in September rose to the highest level in nine years, a hopeful sign that economic growth will accelerate in coming months. The Associated Press reported that the Conference Board said today (Sept. 27) that its consumer confidence index rose to 104.1, up from 101.8 in August. It was the strongest reading since the […]

(Sept. 27, 2016) -- Amid a newly revealed Interior Department investigation, and with whistleblowers and lawmakers alike now scrutinizing his actions closely, Neubacher offered contrition for what he acknowledged to be “serious staff concerns,” the Sacramento Bee reported.

(Sept. 27, 2016) -- "With the strength of our retail customers, our dealer base, our product development teams, our employees and operating management team, along with favorable trends within the economy and the industry, we see ample reasons for optimism in the year ahead," said Orthwein.

(Sept. 27, 2016) -- It took 50 firefighters and more than one hour to extinguish a blaze that engulfed a number of RVs at Pacific RV Paint in Garden Grove on Monday afternoon, the Orange County Register reported.

Sobel University announced that its upcoming RV-specific sales and management training class scheduled for Oct. 17-21 has broken enrollment records previously set in 2006. “It just goes to show that our training has stayed current with today’s customers,” said Sobel University President Randy Sobel. “We are making arrangements with vendors and nearby hotels to accommodate the […]

(Sept. 27, 2016) -- "Looking ahead, consumers are more upbeat about the short-term employment outlook, but somewhat neutral about business conditions and income prospects," said Franco.