RVIA Announces Virtual Town Hall with Acting NPS Director

The RV Industry Association (RVIA) invites members of the RV industry to participate in a virtual town hall with the newly appointed Acting National Park Service Director Margaret Everson for a discussion on the what passage of the Great American Outdoors Act means for the National Park Service and the RVers who love to visit the parks. […]

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Stage 4.5 of Indiana’s Recovery Plan Extended to Sept. 25

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb on Wednesday (Aug. 26) said he would issue an executive order to keep the state in Stage 4.5 of its pandemic recovery plan through Sept. 25, according to a report by the Indianapolis Business Journal. The extension includes the requirement for Hoosiers to wear face coverings in public indoor settings and […]

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Laura Blasts Destructive, Life-Threatening Gulf Coast Path

Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday, threatening the lives of people who didn’t evacuate, according to an Associated Press report.. Authorities had ordered coastal residents to get out, but not everyone did […]

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Report: Americans are Embracing the Return of the Road Trip

Generali Global Assistance (GGA), today (Aug. 27) released its white paper titled, Revival of the Great American Road Trip, which looks at how the pandemic is creating a revival that may bring road trips back to the level of popularity they experienced from the 1930s until the 1980s. The paper features both historical context and […]

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A Look at the New Camper Companies Redefining Road Travel

In 2019, the RV Industry Association (RIVA), a trade federation, reported a 16% drop in wholesale RV shipments from the year before. And when COVID-19 first swept the nation in March, those sales dropped even more. But almost as fast as they fell, sales and rentals began to skyrocket. By June, RV shipments in the U.S. were the highest […]

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Cummins’ Electrolyzer Enabling Renewable Energy in Wash.

Global technology and power solutions leader Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) will provide its 5-megawatt PEM electrolyzer to enable renewable energy for the Douglas County Public Utility District (Douglas County PUD) in Washington state. The Cummins electrolyzer will be dedicated to producing hydrogen from renewable energy and will be the largest, as well as first of […]

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CDC: Summer Camps Successfully Mitigated COVID Spread

The American Camp Association (ACA) announced today (Aug. 27) the release of a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that identifies how four overnight summer camps in Maine were able to operate safely and successfully without the spread of COVID-19 this summer. Integral to these camps’ success was employing a […]

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The Shyft Group’s Utilimaster to Host Virtual Product Webinar

 The Shyft Group (NASDAQ: SHYF), a North America’s leader in specialty vehicle manufacturing, assembly and upfit for the commercial, retail, and service specialty vehicle markets and formelry known as Spartan Motors, will take its Utilimaster brand “on the road” with a virtual webinar tailored toward parcel delivery contractors. The Friday (Aug. 28) webinar brings a […]

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Spartech’s Greenville, Ohio Plant Donates Virus Resources

Spartech, a leading manufacturer of engineered thermoplastics and custom packaging solutions for the RV industry and a variety of other commercial, recreational and health care industries, has donated $2,500 worth of PETG Sheet to be used as a protective barrier system for the Arcanum-Butler Local Schools in Greenville, Ohio. “We want to thank Spartech for […]

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