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July 13, 2022
Patagonia to pay $55,000 after allegedly violating Seattle scheduling law
Outdoor retailer Patagonia will pay nearly $55,000 to current and former Seattle retail employees after allegedly failing to post their schedules with enough notice. Seattle’s secure scheduling law requires large retail and food service companies to post hourly employees’ schedules at least two weeks in advance, pay employees when the company...
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July 13, 2022
Main Street Capital Investment Includes PPL Motorhomes
Main Street Capital Corporation has announced that it recently invested a total of $19.5 million in three existing lower middle market portfolio companies, PPL RVs Inc. (PPL Motorhomes), Centre Technologies Holdings LLC and Nebraska Vet AcquireCo LLC, dba Heritage Vet Partners, P.C. RV News
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July 13, 2022
The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias Will Survive Current Raging Fire
The Washburn Fire is burning through areas of Yosemite National Park, just south of Yosemite Valley. As of Tuesday evening, the fire had consumed roughly 3,500 acres. The Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias, trees more than 3,000 years old, has areas within the footprint of the fire, causing many ecologists...
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July 13, 2022
Meet the all-electric RV startup steered by Tesla alumni
What started as a pet project to electrify food trucks in the San Francisco Bay area — an enterprise inspired by the cacophony of generators that greeted Ben Parker every day during his lunch break at Tesla — has evolved into a much larger, complex and potentially more lucrative undertaking....
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July 13, 2022
$16 million high-end RV park, cabins due in 2023 along Etowah River near Emerson
Due next year is a “luxury RV resort” with accommodations on the Etowah River for 252 RVs as well as cabins and upscale tent camping. As planned, it will cover 56 acres with a build-out value of $16 million, targeting LakePoint Sports visitors, I-75 travelers and tourists stopping at Bartow’s...
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July 12, 2022
THOR Industries Announces Strategic Investment in Dragonfly Energy
ELKHART, Ind. and RENO, Nev., July 12, 2022 - Today, THOR Industries (NYSE: THO) announced that it has made a strategic investment in Dragonfly Energy, a leading deep cycle lithium-ion battery producer to the RV industry. Dragonfly’s innovative approach to energy storage - including the development of battery packs, energy...
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July 12, 2022
Thor Industries Announces Strategic Investment In Dragonfly Energy
Thor Industries announced that it had invested strategically in Dragonfly Energy, a deep cycle lithium-ion battery producer for the RV industry. In May 2022, Dragonfly entered into a merger agreement for a business combination transaction with Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp. SGB Media
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July 12, 2022
Owners of Yellowstone RV Park ask tourists to keep coming despite flooding, says over 1000 people have canceled trips
The state of Montana is in recovery mode following June's flooding. The message that rings through across Paradise Valley, despite Yellowstone National Park not being totally accessible through the north entrance, is to come to Montana. Main Street Nashville
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July 12, 2022
In HBO’s ‘Edge of the Earth,’ the Best Athletes Attempt the Craziest Feats in the Most Remote Places
The four-part Teton Gravity Research series, premiering this week, captures incredible footage of terrifying expeditions, but it succeeds because of the compelling human stories at its heart. Outside Online
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July 11, 2022
You can’t exercise your way out of a bad diet, study shows
A new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine examined the diets and exercise patterns of 360,600 British adults over the course of 11 years. They looked at the amount of exercise each participant did in an average week and how vigorous it was to see if people...