Month: March 2017

(March 30, 2017) -- An auction of tooling and varied factory equipment apparently represented the final chapter in the story of Forks RV, a small family-held firm that started out manufacturing commercial buildings and police command centers in 1991, RV Business reported today.

A busy Wednesday (March 29) auction of tooling and varied factory equipment apparently represented the final chapter in the story of Forks RV Inc., a small family-held firm located on U.S. 20 west of Shipshewana, Ind., in the heart of Hoosier Amish country, that started out manufacturing commercial buildings and police command centers in 1991. […]

Camping World Holdings Inc. (CWH) has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a secondary offering. The company intends to offer 7 million shares, with an overallotment option for an additional 1.05 million shares. At the most recent closing price of $31.72, the entire offering is valued up to $253.76 million. The […]

Ketelsen RV in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, suburb of De Soto, has opened a new 14,000-square-foot dealership in the central Iowa community of Hiawatha, a Des Moines suburb. ”We felt as though we had a lot of customers from the central part of the state where we could build a dealership where we could have […]

Airstream trailers have been nicknamed a lot of things: the Silver Bullet, a Toaster-on-Wheels, and even the Silver Twinkie. But, according to a report by Curbed.com, the now iconic American aluminum trailer — especially its largest models — has also been known as a “land yacht,” thanks to its high-end design reminiscent of the largest […]

(March 30, 2017) -- Roy Kilby started in his 20s in the 1970s as a part-time seasonal maintenance ranger at Grayson Highland State Park and worked his way up to a full-time park ranger.

(March 30, 2017) -- A bill filed in the North Carolina General Assembly looks to help create a new state park and three new state natural areas. House Bill 353 aims to create the Black River State Park along the river that runs through Sampson, Bladen and Pender counties.

(March 30, 2017) -- With Cedar Breaks National Monument just being granted International Dark Sky Park designation, an honor reserved for the darkest skies and the most stunning starscapes, Utah is now home to eight of the nation's sixteen parks.

(March 30, 2017) -- The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will hold two free days at state parks in April to celebrate Spring and Earth Day.

(March 30, 2017) -- Consumer spending growth was revised up to 3.5 percent from 3.0 percent in the second estimate, and 2.5 percent in the advance estimate. The build in inventories was also slightly larger, RBC Economics reported.