The Clay County Sheriff Department arrested a man suspected of shooting two people at Baker Sawmill Saturday afternoon.

Genesis Products has launched XClad Cabinets, a new premium garage cabinetry line "designed to deliver the durability of metal with the warmth and functionality of engineered wood." The launch also marks a new partnership with Homes For Our Troops, a nonprofit dedicated to building specially adapted custom homes for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans.

Of the many works built by Chicago-based Navillus Woodworks', one of the most impressive is an 8.5-ton sculpture that hangs on the University of Illinois Chicago campus. The piece made of wood combines Caribbean architectural heritage with communal gathering concepts that "create a vast, textured visual plane" that hangs in the building’s atrium space

Würth Louis and Company will host its 2026 Open House and Demo Days on June 3–4, providing woodworking and cabinet manufacturing professionals with hands-on access to advanced machinery, surfacing products, coatings, hardware, and workflow solutions.

Builders FirstSource, Inc. announced that as part of a planned leadership transition, Mike Hiller has been appointed Chief Operating Officer-Designate, succeeding Steve Herron, who will retire on December 31, 2026.

Laguna Tools has named Matthew Thackray as its president, which became effective April 1, 2026, and as its chief executive officer, effective June 1, 2026.

A sawmill that once stood as the largest east of the Mississippi River in the 1990s has reopened, offering relief to Georgia’s timber industry as it struggles with mill closures, Hurricane Helene damage, and recent wildfires, according to a report from WRDW.com.

WASHINGTON — The national March not seasonally adjusted construction unemployment rate was 6.7%, a 1.3% increase from March 2025, according to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today by Associated Builders and Contractors. The analysis found that only two states—Louisiana and Ohio—had lower estimated construction unemployment rates over the same period, four had the same rate and 44 had higher rates. All but six states had construction unemployment rates below 10%.

Siena Home, a U.S.-based luxury furniture brand specializing in bespoke interior solutions, has announced the expansion of its fully custom furniture offering, reinforcing its position in the premium home furnishings market through handcrafted, made-to-order production.