The Elkhart Project

In recession, pets go homeless in droves

Each day at five, staff members of the Humane Society of Elkhart County close the animal shelter and hold a meeting. And each day, like clockwork, they begin hearing a "thump, thump, thump" from outside.

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A few jobs, and a reprieve for the jobless

The latest unemployment numbers are out, indicating that the Elkhart area is, well, moving in the right direction, but the modest improvement isn’t about to spark any spontaneous dancing in the streets.

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RV industry no longer running on empty

ELKHART, Ind. - The wheels are slowly turning again for the RV industry here, the mainstay of this region’s economy.

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Long-term unemployed face dwindling options 

ELKHART, Ind. - At the edge of this town, at the end of a long driveway, lives Lawrie Covey, who's at the end of her rope.

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Similar counties, but stimulus impact miles apart

RICHLAND, Wash. - If you want to win the stimulus sweepstakes, it helps to have one of the planet's nastiest toxic waste sites in your back yard.

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Vroom, vroom: RV company to hire 400

In another stirring of life in the RV industry, a producer of towable RVs in Elkhart announced that it will hire 400 more workers to step up production, The Elkhart Truth reported on Wednesday.Heartland Recreational Vehicle LLC has new demand, which dealers say is at least in pa …

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Elkhart closing park to save money

Really? Another something that is free to the families in this area gone. What happened to the city making all that money from the new business from the $4.5 million airport, or the big business Monaco was going to bring in.

One in four metro areas in recovery mode

For many Americans, especially the almost 16 million out of work, merely mentioning the word "recovery" can make the blood boil.

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A welcome uptick in downtown diners

        John Schoen / msnbc.com   John Ravenscroft, manager of Mad Anthony's restaurant in Elkhart, Ind., says business is picking up.

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