by HB Media | Jun 10, 2026 | News
Patrick Hardwoods Appoints Mark Gray President Patrick Lumber Co. (PLC), a century-old lumber and specialty wood supplier, announced that Patrick Hardwoods’ board of directors unanimously elected Mark Gray as president of Patrick Hardwoods. After more than a decade...
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 28, 2026 | Magazine
June 2026 Cover: U.S. Softwood Lumbermen Walk Fine Line The Annual U.S. Sawmill Operations & Capital Expenditure Survey reveals what everybody already knows: The going is tough out there! See More Inside This Issue THE ISSUES: Fire Tragedy Strikes Maine's...
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...
