Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sawmill in Banks that closed earlier this year will remain shut down indefinitely due to a lack of available timber, according ...

From left, Catherine Robbins-Halsted, Jim Robins Sr. (retired), Alden Robbins, Jenness Robbins (retired) and Jim Robbins. COURTESY / ROBBINS LUMBER INC. Robbins Lumber Inc. in Searsmont said it ...

Earlier this month, Gov. John Bel Edwards and a gaggle of other officials trekked to the tiny town of Plain Dealing in northern Bossier Parish, where they announced the construction of a new, $110 ...

The project will eventually create more than 100 direct permanent jobs. “We are excited to be bringing a high-tech sawmill, and the skilled jobs it will provide, to central Louisiana, and to provide a ...

WILLMAR -- James Dykema said he doesn't consider himself an artist when he's making his handcrafted wooden furniture. But there's little doubt that he looks at wood with an artist's eye when he's ...

A new sawmill in Carson City that can produce about 50 million feet of lumber per year is set to begin operations in early 2023. It is the first major mill to open in the area in decades; the ...