by Forestnet | Sep 2, 2026 | 2026, July/August/September 2026, Sawmill, TimberWest Magazine, Value Added
Philomath, OREGON – Patrick Hardwoods, a subsidiary of Patrick Lumber Company, is off and running, the new sawmill approaching its first anniversary of being operational. Patrick Lumber Company serves a broad range of markets, with a strong presence in the molding and...
by Paul MacDonald | Jun 30, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, May/June/July 2026, Sawmill, Value Added
The management of the Value Added Group division of Western Forest Products (Western) in Chemainus, B.C., are big fans of the team concept when tackling projects, most recently with new lumber drying equipment that will bring substantial improvements to the Vancouver...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Apr 28, 2026 | 2026, DIY, Small Scale, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, March/April 2026, Sawmill, Value Added
Faced with life and death five years ago when diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, 45-year-old Haley Cochrane spent a year in recovery, both in hospital and at home. He had plenty of time to think and what kept him occupied was a recurring desire to establish a...
by Paul MacDonald | Apr 28, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, March/April 2026, Sawmill, Value Added
Slowly, but surely, the residents of the Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles—the scene of one of the largest urban fires in California history—have started to rebuild. One of a series of wildfires in Southern California driven by powerful Santa Ana winds in 2025,...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Dec 15, 2025 | 2025, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, November/December 2025, Sawmill, Value Added
North America’s largest mass timber producer, Mercer Mass Timber (MMT), has announced a partnership with an Australian-based digital software provider to make their mass timber-specific and code-compliant digital design platform freely available to architects and...
by Andrea Watts | Dec 15, 2025 | 2025, DIY, Small Scale, November/December 2025, Sawmill, TimberWest Magazine, Value Added
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Operating a sawmill and building materials business has its challenges. Try doing it in Fairbanks in central Alaska. Ask Jason Knoles, owner of Northland Wood Products. As one of the few independent lumber yards, it’s a tough business to be in....
