NBC Montana

Logger loses equipment in fire as employee helps save residents

THOMPSON FALLS, Mont. - The Copper King Fire in the Thompson Falls area has now reached over 21,000 acres, and as each day passes, more people are being affected. Mike Newton works for Weyerhauser as ...
KARE 11

Logger trades workers, equipment for 2 horses

WEBSTER, Wis. – With an overnight low of 22 degrees below zero, Taylor Johnson should have been concerned about his logging equipment starting the next morning. But Johnson has no such worries anymore ...
NBC Montana

Logger rebuilds after equipment

It's almost been a year since the Copper King Fire destroyed more than 29,000 acres of private, state and national forest land. Woman changes plea to guilty in New Year's Day crash In Flathead County, ...
Mainebiz

Land of the bottom line | Lack of visas for Canadian loggers exacerbates already difficult issues in Maine’s forestry workforce

Of the 10 cut-to-link machines at Gerald Pelletier Inc., a Millinocket-based wood harvesting company with operations near the Canadian border, three were on stand-by last summer due to a lack of ...