RV Daily Report

(Dec. 21, 2011) -- An man is lucky to be alive after being thrown from his RV during an explosion on Vancouver Island Monday night, reports the the Victoria Times Colonist.

(Dec. 21, 2011) -- The Sun-Sentinel reports a current ordinance in Wellington Village, Fla., states that no properties are permitted to have recreational vehicles on them. The village is again looking at the ordinance.

(Dec. 21, 2011) -- The Bellingham Herald is reporting pink slips are expected to roll out between Christmas and New Year’s at Washington state parks, where 83 of the state’s 189 full-time rangers stand to lose their current jobs.

(Dec. 21, 2011) -- This Christmas, more than 1 million lights decorate the Timber Ridge Horse Campground, in Fentress County, Tenn., reports the Knoxville News Sentinel.

(Dec. 21, 2011) -- According to a Battle Creek Enquirer report, the Cequent Electrical Products facility in Tekonsha, Mich., will remain in operation with 88 employees, while the company moves a portion of its manufacturing business to Mexico.

(Dec. 21, 2011) -- Patrick Industries, Inc. announced yesterday it has completed the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Performance Graphics, a designer, producer and installer of exterior graphics for the RV, marine, automotive, racing and enclosed trailer industries.

(Dec. 20, 2011) -- The Wall Street Journal tells the story of workampers flocking to help fill Amazon.com orders -- and RV parks.

(Dec. 20, 2011) -- In Nebraska, NTV shows scenes from the Gothenburg KOA's "Season of Lights."

(Dec. 20, 2011) -- In Virginia, the Roanoke City Council is urging the federal government to invest more money into the Blue Ridge Parkway in a way that will pump new energy into the Roanoke Mountain Campground and other potential attractions, reports the Roanoke Times.

(Dec. 20, 2011) -- The Dickinson Press reports as a result of public input, commissioners removed language at a December meeting that would limit tenants to stay in the campgrounds for more than 14 days.