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The Past Is Present

The Past Is Present Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing May 2017 I am excited to hear about Bruce Vincent’s new book, “Against The Odds,” about which there’s more detail on page 72. If you’ve been around this industry for a couple of decades or...

Washington Sawmill Restarts Production, Brings Back Jobs

It was about a year ago that the owners of Montesano’s Mary’s River Lumber mill on State Route 107 announced it would close. As a result, 38 people lost their jobs, the city lost revenue and the facility basically went idle. In the case of mills, when they shut down,...

Oregon’s Rough & Ready Lumber Coming Down

The Rough & Ready Lumber mill that shut down last fall after 73 years in operation still has plenty of metal buildings and odd scrap metal lying around. But the guts are gone, said Link Phillippi, one of the mill’s owners. Workers Wednesday dismantled the boilers,...

Biewer Lumber Opens State-Of-The-Art Sawmill In Mississippi

Biewer Lumber Opens State-Of-The-Art Sawmill In Mississippi In recent years the operation of sawmills has changed significantly, replacing the manual labor of earlier generations with modern technology – evident at the new state-of-the-art lumber mill in Newton. The...