by Web Editor | Feb 10, 2016 | News
Third District Supervisor Mark Lovelace expects the county to chip in quickly with job replacement services for the 123 employees who will be laid off in March and April in the phased closing of the Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) sawmill in Manila. Lovelace cited the...
by Web Editor | Jan 27, 2016 | News
Sierra Pacific Announces Permanent Closure Of California Sawmill Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) today announced it will close its sawmill in Arcata, CA. “This is a particularly sad day for Sierra Pacific and for my family” said A.A. “Red” Emmerson, chairman and...
by Web Editor | Feb 12, 2014 | News
Sierra Pacific Industries Hopes Ruling Will Deter California Regulators A top resource official for timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries says he hopes a judge’s scathing ruling in the company’s favor will deter overzealous state regulators. Retired Superior Court...
by Web Editor | Oct 2, 2013 | News
Sierra Pacific Industries today announced it will rebuild its large-log sawmill located in the Plumas County city of Quincy, beginning in early 2014. The existing mill will be taken down and completely rebuilt to a more efficient configuration, according to an SPI...
by Web Editor | Sep 5, 2012 | News
A record amount of Sierra Pacific Industries land has been torched by the wildfires burning in eastern Shasta County. The nation’s second-largest timber producer estimated that roughly 33,000 acres of its timber had burned as of last Wednesday. The Ponderosa...