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Arizona Contractor’s Plans For Lumber Mill On Hold

Plans for a lumber mill in Williams by the contractor overseeing a massive forest-thinning project in northern Arizona’s forests appear stuck on the back burner. Good Earth Power AZ was reissued a grading permit this week, but it could be several weeks before...

New Arizona Sawmill Brings Jobs, Helps Thin Forests

A new Arizona sawmill opened Monday west of Flagstaff after two years of planning. Newpac Fibre, LLC opened its sawmill in Williams at the location of a former sawmill site that closed in 1995. The company is bringing back an industry that died decades ago to a town...

Winslow Wood Mill Set For 2013

A Montana-based company won a contract Friday for the biggest-ever thinning project in U.S. history designed to restore northern Arizona forests to health. Pioneer Associates of Billings, Mont., will use the wood from 300,000 acres to feed a wood products mill that it...