Recently, I heard that a sawmill somewhere near here got an order from China for 9 million feet of 6-foot white pine boards. If true, I hope this trend will amplify and continue. It would be a ray of hope for loggers, landowners, sawmill operators and any state government seeking tax revenue. Some within the […]

Our economy was out of whack long before the pain became severe. For decades, working families have had to take second jobs, credit cards and toxic loans just to keep the rising health care costs, gas and grocery bills at bay. Leading economists point to one disturbing trend in particular: While workers became much more […]