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.

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.

The best-of-the-best new products entered into the 2026 Challengers Award competition have been cut to twenty products.

Associated Builders and Contractors reported that its Construction Backlog Indicator rose to 9.1 months in May, according to an ABC member survey conducted May 20 to June 3. The reading is up 0.3 months from April and 0.7 months from May 2025.

The convention, named one of Trade Show Executive's 50 Fastest-Growing Shows of 2025, will once again bring together leading distributors and suppliers from across North America’s flooring and building materials channels.

The Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Federal Forest Restoration Program and the Ochoco National Forest have completed a first-of-its-kind reforestation project within the Crazy Creek Fire burn area, planting and protecting more than 74,000 ponderosa pine seedlings across 424 acres of federal forestland.

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities has launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) to assess the feasibility of repurposing closed wood products manufacturing facilities, including pulp and paper mills, for bioenergy. The initiative will make available up to $500,000 in pre-development funding to support one or two facilities across the United States.