CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Persistent affordability challenges and rising economic uncertainty are squeezing housing conditions, with weakening labor markets and plummeting immigration dampening household growth, according to a new report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. The State of the Nation’s Housing 2026 report also finds that construction activity has softened, cost burdens for both renters and homeowners continue to climb, and federal assistance is profoundly underfunded.

Eric Marshall will host "IWF Power Walk: The Closets Edition" on Wednesday, August 26, during IWF 2026.

U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz signed the Montana Tri-Forest Federal Sustained-Yield Unit management plan that will support economic stability, strengthen central Montana’s wood processing capacity and advance forest health though timber harvests that will be processed within the boundaries of the unit.

For more than three decades, the outing has served as a key relationship-building event for the regional architectural woodwork community. More than 175 attendees are expected to participate, representing companies and professionals involved in custom millwork, casework, finishing, coatings, hardware, materials, distribution, specification, design, installation, and project delivery.

ampton Lumber has announced the winners of its 2026 Lumber Wrap Design Competition, highlighting student creativity from communities across its operating regions. The competition invited high school students to design artwork that will be featured on lumber wrap traveling to markets across the U.S. and around the world.

The campaign addresses the realities of wildfire response in rural Oregon, where communities and agencies often face limited resources to protect both residents and wildland firefighters.

Nearly 20 employees have begun working at Candlelight Curated, and hiring continues at the new company formed after the former Candlelight Cabinetry was purchased, according to Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. Jon Ebel, chief operating officer of Candlelight Curated Inc., told the newspaper that the company expects to operate at full production in several weeks.

A co-owner of a North Carolina furniture manufacturing business has been charged with second-degree murder following a deadly shooting Wednesday afternoon at the Old Hickory Tannery, in Newton, North Carolina, police said.

Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company named Courtney Flanagan as the organization's vice president of claims.

SEARSMONT, Maine — Hundreds of firefighters, first responders and community members lined the streets of Searsmont, Maine, to honor Searsmont firefighter who died following injuries sustained in the Robbins Lumber explosion on May 15.Assistant Chief Wayne Woodbury, 76, of the Searsmont Fire Department, died Sunday morning, June 14, from injuries suffered in the May 15 explosion at Robbins Lumber. He had been receiving treatment at Maine Medical Center in Portland.