Builder confidence posted a modest gain in May even as buyers grapple with rising mortgage rates and economic uncertainty while builders continue to contend with elevated land, labor and construction costs.

A 2-year-old girl was fatally crushed by an antique dresser while trying to reach one of her toys.

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.