Forest products leading to layoffs

POSTED: 11:27 MDT Monday, August 4, 2008

by Robb Hicken

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Tags - Boise Cascade, employment, lumber, wages, wood products

Boise Cascade says it plans to lay off 30 workers at an Island City particleboard plant and curtail a shift at its La Grande sawmill, KBOI reported this morning.

The company cited a distressed pine lumber market for the cutbacks. Boise Cascade, according to the Associated Press. Officials say it tried to avoid the layoffs because of the impact on a small community but the market downturn was too steep.

Boise Cascade has no plans for curtailments at its other manufacturing plants in Elgin or in Kettle Falls, Washington.

Lee Enterprises is combining two Idaho dailies, The Times-News in Twin Falls and the South Idaho Press in Burley plus three weeklies into a single daily that will be called The Times-News, according to a national trade publication.

The combined paper will launch Aug. 18.

With the merger, announced by Times-News Publisher Brad Hurd, 14 employees will be laid off. The merged paper and its Web site will employ a staff of 109, Hurd added.

1 Comments

Michelle, you need to come up with better news/info. I am tired of reading your lame and totally no one cares news. Just for a change, really go out and make a story for yourself. I do have one if you are interested. It might make it a little different and maybe a little less boring....or you can still come up with more things that are ....again...boring....thanks for your opinion though....we don't love to hear it.
Comment By angie
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 11:43 PM

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