This sections of forest near Colville, Washington, seen in June, has been thinned, allowing trees to grow less densely and reducing the risk for wildfire. COLVILLE, Wash. — Deep in the Colville ...

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This story was originally published on Construction Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Construction Dive newsletter. Mass timber is having a moment. In September, ...

If Colville had a skyline, it would be dominated by the 128-foot crane at the Vaagen Brothers Lumber plant. A giant claw drops into truck beds, retrieves timber and puts it into piles. The logs keep ...

COLVILLE, Wash. — Deep in the Colville National Forest in Eastern Washington state, Russ Vaagen is pointing to a delineation between woods that have been selectively thinned and those that haven’t.