by Web Editor | Dec 17, 2014 | News
Wood grinders hummed and blades whirred under the weak winter sun Thursday afternoon as 12 men hustled to transform dozens of ponderosa pine logs into boards, wood chips and sawdust at Newpac Fibre. The Williams-based sawmill is heading into its third month of...
by Web Editor | Sep 22, 2014 | News
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...
by Web Editor | Aug 15, 2014 | News
Ads seeking forklift operators and mill laborers at the Missoula Job Service signal improving times for the Montana wood products industry, reflecting the findings of a recent report that showed a bump in wages and hiring at regional mills. But industry insiders say...
by Web Editor | Aug 6, 2014 | News
Reflecting slow but mostly steady improvements in Montana’s timber industry, lumber production and worker wages increased in the first six months of 2014, according to a new study. But despite the optimistic numbers, logging managers in this corner of the state say...
by Web Editor | Jul 14, 2014 | News
The Emerald Ash Borer is likely to kill 99 percent of the U.S. ash wood trees, says the U.S. Forest Service. Hopes that the super cold winter might kill or at least slow the insects have proved unfounded. Quarantines of infested areas have now spread to 22 states as...
