PORTLAND, Ore. - Timber construction is opening a new market that has been keeping lumber and milling machinery busy at a growing number of wood products companies, including Montreal's Nordic ...

"When I started, you could really mess things up and still make good money," he said. "You can't do that anymore." Elston runs a lumber mill in Tillamook, Ore., for Hampton Affiliates. The company has ...

An Austrian lumber company plans to build a $130 million sawmill near Live Oak employing 350 people, a project touted as a shot in the arm to the local economy while also raising concerns about its ...

A few miles east of Newport lies the timber town of Toledo, Oregon. At about 3,500 people, the city is nestled in the western slopes of the coastal mountains and has a skyline dominated by the ...

Hancock Lumber said Thursday that it will acquire its first sawmill in over two decades. The Casco-based lumber company, which has three other mills in addition to 11 lumber yards, said it will ...

Mark Elston followed his father into the timber industry back when business was booming. "When I started, you could really mess things up and still make good money," he said. "You can't do that ...