(Feb. 15, 2013) -- More than a decade before California's parks department became enveloped in financial scandal, state officials discovered accounting problems there, according to an audit released Thursday and quoted in the Los Angeles Times.

(Feb. 15, 2013) -- South Dakota’s first state park in decades moved one step closer to reality Wednesday, reports the Argus Leader.

(Feb. 15, 2013) -- Camping at MerleFest, which will take place this year from April 25-28 in Wilkesboro, is just as much fun as the actual festival, says the High Country Press. The newspaper has provided information on several area campsites.

(Feb. 15, 2013) -- The Bureau of Land Management’s Coeur d’Alene District is in need of volunteer campground hosts for the upcoming summer season at two distinctly different locations in Idaho.

(Feb. 15, 2013) -- As a credit card processor, it almost always astounds me to discover that most merchants don’t know that there is a HUGE difference between a credit card and a debit card. To some degree it is understandable because, at first glance, they do look alike. But if the two types of cards receive even a cursory glance, there is a distinct difference between them.

(Feb. 15, 2013) -- "With these statistics we felt that addressing this market now was the right move for Rollin' On TV and for the whole RV industry," he added. "I’m happy to say that after conversations with the marketing staff at Jayco Inc, about the growing Hispanic market, that Jayco has signed on to sponsor both the closed and Spanish captioning for 2013."

(Feb. 15, 2013) -- Potential recreation vehicle owners can get more product for less money, and the demographics of buyers seem to be skewing younger. At least those were two themes that emerged on the opening day of the annual Utah Sportsman’s, Vacation and RV Show, reports the Salt Lake Tribune.

(Feb. 15, 2013) -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently issued warnings to 11 used car dealers the agency said violated its used car rule by not displaying FTC Buyers Guides, the RV Dealers Association warned today. "This is a good time to remind motorized and towable RV dealers the rule may apply to your dealership in two limited circumstances," said Richardson.

(Feb. 15, 2013) -- In California, the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is planning a job fair this month, reports the Porterville Recorder.

(Feb. 15, 2013) -- U.S. industrial production edged down by 0.1 percent in Jan. 2013 following upwardly revised gains of 0.4 percent and 1.4 percent in December and November 2012, respectively. Canadian manufacturing sales plunged by an outsized 3.1 percent in Dec. 2012, which was the largest monthly decline since May 2009.