by HB Media | Jun 10, 2026 | News
White Liquor Tank Explosion Kills 11 At Longview Packaging Plant Governor Bob Ferguson ordered flags to be at half-staff for a week in early June in honor of the 11 killed in the chemical tank explosion on the morning of May 26 at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging plant...
by HB Media | May 27, 2026 | News
Overmyer, Hardwood Lumber Industry Reached Their Peak Together Donald Howard Overmyer, Jr., a 1997 Timber Processing Person of the Year, who was widely respected as a leader and innovator in the hardwood lumber industry, and who developed Linden Lumber Co. in Linden,...
by HB Media | May 21, 2026 | News
Does Forest Service Letter Have Teeth? Restoration Forest Products, a sawmill operation in Bellemont, Ariz., is touting a letter of intent from the USDA Forest Service and signed by supervisors on the four national forests in Arizona comprising the Four Forest...
by HB Media | May 21, 2026 | News
Fire Tragedy Strikes Robbins Lumber In Maine On May 15, a fire and explosion in the silo area had turned Robbins Lumber in Searsmont into a scene of tragedy. It killed one 27-year-old fireman, injured eight firefighters and first responders, sent co-owners Alden and...
by HB Media | May 14, 2026 | News
Wood Bioenergy Conference Proves Forest Residues Can Find New Life Atlanta, Goergia The unstated message of the recent Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo was to “turn lemons into lemonade,” with lemons being the crash of a significant portion of the pulp and paper...
by HB Media | May 13, 2026 | News
Forest Service Moves Forward With Disaster Recovery The U.S. Forest Service announced that significant recovery efforts across national forests and grasslands continue to progress following damage caused over three years of natural disasters, including hurricanes,...
