This transcript was created by a computer and edited by a volunteer. Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. Malheur Lumber Company in John Day used to be one of many mills in ...

KERNS — Loren Lindsay, the oldest of the Lindsay boys, uses the log dog to clamp down a red cedar trunk before his brother Russell engages the clutch to slide the log into the massive sawmill blade.

The first logs rolled through Weyerhaeuser Co.’s new consolidated sawmill in Longview on Monday, marking a new era for the company’s lumber production in Cowlitz County.

Dec. 20--Anthony Johnson sat with his hand on controls that maneuver logs over conveyor belts after their initial cuts at Lewiston's only sawmill. The Clarkston resident was among about 70 employees ...