Lumber for sale at a Kenai Home Depot store. (Riley Board/KDLL) A state Senate bill proposed by Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, would put lumber evaluation in the hands of local sawmill operators, ...

At the family-owned Manchester Lumber Company in Johnson, rough-cut wood moves along a massive machinery line to pass inspection and receive a grade. Chan Bullard can rate a board of birch in less ...

Up until now, locally milled lumber in Alaska couldn’t be used in residential building projects. That wasn’t because of quality, but because building codes typically require a grade stamp from a ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN — The lack of certified lumber graders in Michigan has been a major concern for wood product manufacturers, as they cannot find the necessary skilled labor in the current labor pool.

SALEM — The Oregon Senate on Monday, April 28, passed a bill to establish a pilot lumber-grading training program. “This bill opens the door for small sawmill operators to participate in local housing ...

Alaska will launch a lumber grading program in an effort to reduce the cost of development in the state following Gov. Mike Dunleavy signature on Senate Bill 87 Wednesday in Big Lake. The bill, ...

FRANKSTOWN – Robert Pittman had a choice. “I could either stay here or move down south,” said Pittman, 48, an Everett native. He had been a lumber inspector for 28 years. He would buy lumber from ...

The mill that contained the twin-blade saw is silent. Craig Kircher, the head rig sawyer at a Hampton Lumber-owned sawmill in Willamina, says “I can run it for you.” He reaches over to press one of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University will sponsor a hardwood log, lumber and tree grading workshop on Wednesday and Thursday (March 23 and 24) at the Purdue Davis Farm in Farmland, Ind. The ...

On the outskirts of Mellen, Wisconsin, just across the Bad River, sits North Country Lumber — a sawmill yard full of neat, lego-brick buildings. Despite the high demand for lumber, Mellen is a small ...