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Plum Creek Timber Company announced it will close its Meridian lumber remanufacturing mill, putting 61 employees out of work.

The mill produces softwood boards and edge glued panels. The property, which Plum Creek has owned and operated the mill since 1998, will be put up for sale midyear, the company said in a release.

Plum Creek will offer severance packages to employees, the release said. Employees were given a 60-day advance warning about the closure, the company said.

Based in Seattle, Plum Creek owns more than 6 million acres of timberlands in 19 states and operates wood product mills in the Northwest.

From the Idaho Statesman: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/01/29/3618241_plum-creek-to-close-meridian-mill.html?rh=1%20target