(March 11, 2010) -- A new Talvor Motorhomes factory will open in New Zealand next month, Apollo Motorhome Holidays announced today. A projected 250 campervans and motorhomes will be built for the company’s rental and retail divisions in the first 12 months of operation.

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(March 11, 2010) -- Regional economy expert attributes the improvements in northeast Indiana unemployment numbers in part to the recovery in the RV industry.

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(March 11, 2010 ) -- Shoppers at the Rimrock Walmart in Colorado were shocked when they saw a man tear through the parking lot and into an RV trailer Wednesday afternoon.

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(March 11, 2010) -- RV park owner Leon Frazier is mounting a challenge to Utah County Commissioner Steve White, who announced his intention to seek another four-year term. Frazier says the county is harassing small business owners through high taxes and regulation.

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(March 11, 2010) -- State park advocates say Connecticut made a mistake in doubling state park and camping fees last year. Legislators are being urged to rescind the increase.

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(March 11, 2010) -- A bankruptcy judge is expected to a confirm a debt settlement plan for a Red Lodge real estate developer that banks on money generated from leasing lots in a planned luxury RV resort.

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(March 11, 2010) -- A local resident who has sued both the City of Hope and FEMA over rainwater runoff from the site has revised his federal lawsuit to include the contractor who did the site work to allow FEMA to house as many as 18,000 units at the airport.

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(March 11, 2010) -- Whatever they could think of, the nearly 900 residents of Horseshoe Cove RV Resort on Caruso Road tried to turn into a money-maker for the American Cancer Society this year.

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(March 11, 2010) -- There are some tentative signs of recovery in Elkhart, though unemployment still hovers at around 15 percent. NPR reports the city is trying to shift its economy away from RVs, and hopes to begin rolling electric vehicles off its assembly lines soon. But there are some who say there are just too many "ifs" associated with electronic vehicles.

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(March 11, 2010) -- Winnebago Industries will host a conference call March 18 at 9 a.m. Central Time to discuss the financial results for its second quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended Feb. 27. The company will release its financial results at 6 a.m. March 18.

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(March 11, 2010) -- The S.C. State Park Service is now offering gift cards for rental of cabins, campsites, picnic shelters and meeting facilities at state parks across South Carolina.

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(March 11, 2010) -- The Arizona Daily Sun writes in an editorial: “Now we know at the state level what the exercise of personal privilege in the U.S. Senate feels like. ... State Rep. John Kavanagh doesn't like a bill that proposes to fund state parks with a vehicle license surcharge."

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(March 11, 2010) -- Not long ago,  the 28-acre Lazy Lakes RV Resort had been slated for condo construction. However, when housing values declined, the bulldozer was stopped in its tracks. Today the land is part RV park, part outdoor music venue, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

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(March 11, 2010) -- According to Statistical Surveys Inc., the Elkhart, Ind.-based manufacturer boasted a 63.8 percent increase in market share compared to 2008, moving Heartland to the No. 9 ranking among all U.S. towable builders serving the Canadian marketplace.

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(March 11, 2010) -- "The decline in both exports and imports in January is somewhat disappointing; however, it does not alter our view that the U.S. recovery continued to gain traction early in 2010," said Janzen. "In spite of the improvement in the January trade balance, data suggest that net trade will continue to have only a moderate effect on quarterly GDP growth in the first quarter of 2010 following the small add in the fourth quarter of 2009.

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