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(April 12, 2012) -- More than six years after the RV industry came to the aid of thousands of people whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast, a settlement is pending for lawsuits filed by residents of the free emergency homes who claimed they were injured by high levels of formaldehyde, the Elkhart Truth reported this week.

(April 12, 2012) -- Alumapalooza, sponsored by Airstream in Jackson Center, Ohio, takes place May 29 to June 3 at the Airstream factory. Alumafandago is sponsored by Timeless Travel Trailers and takes place Aug. 21-26 in Denver at the Lakeside Amusement Park.

(April 12, 2012) -- Kentucky State Parks will host the 2012 Unbridled Adventure Race Series, four adventure races that will test participants’ physical and mental skills for beginners and veteran racers. Races are open to individuals or teams of two, three or four people.

(April 12, 2012) -- Maine’s most popular and largest state campground – will open Friday for the season and Patriot’s Day Weekend, April 14-16. The campground opening is about four weeks earlier than usual, according to officials with the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, under the Maine Department of Conservation.

(April 12, 2012) -- Sterling Heights police arrested Zhivago Yanko for allegedly firing several shots at another man who was interested in buying his travel trailer, reports Advisor & Source.

(April 12, 2012) -- R'nR purchased the former Blue Creek RV in 2008 and had continued operating under that name until March when the location officially became an R'nR RV Center. The Airway Heights facility sits on 7 acres of land and operates out of a 10,000-square-foot building. It is considerably smaller than the 68,000-square-foot Liberty Lake location, but it offers more flexibility to customers living on the west side of Spokane, Wagner explained.

(April 12, 2012) -- A Chesapeake, Ohio, man is suing Setzer's World of Camping in Huntington for allegedly selling him a defective travel trailer, reports The West Virginia Record.

(April 12, 2012) -- "The state will pick up the local share for most eligible expenses, making $61 million available to 25 counties to cover costs associated with emergency-shelter, road, water-system and infrastructure repair; stream and riverbed mitigation; and other clean-up projects," said Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

(April 12, 2012) -- Owners of lots in the Bluewater Key RV Ownership Park in Key West are appealing a trial court's judgement in favor of the Blue Water Key RV Ownership Park Property Owners Association. The trial court ruled that the Association could impose certain requirements upon lot owners through a vote of the Board of Directors, rather than a vote of the lot owners, reports Leagle.com.

(April 12, 2012) -- The Kansas Legislature has not passed the supplemental budget bill for the state parks. Visitors to Kansas' parks will still find them open, but the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism is cutting back on some maintenance work, like mowing the grass, reports the Pratt Tribune.