According to a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office press release, an unnamed timber company called the Office of Emergency Communications saying an employee had discovered remains “in the area of Snow Camp Road.” The release says deputies recovered the remains of the yet unnamed deceased person and that “Foul play is not yet suspected.” Anyone with […]
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Goodnight, Korbel
Jan. 22, 2015. Late afternoon sun brightened the red-blonde bundles of lumber stacked along the fence line and the large, pale-yellow mill sheds beyond. The scent of fresh-sawn wood permeated the air. A bright red truck loaded with more lumber emerged from the shadows into that golden light, squeezing through the narrow concrete frame of […]
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Korbel Sawmill Is Closing
The California Redwood Co. announced today it’s closing the Korbel sawmill in February. The company, a subsidiary of Green Diamond Resources Co., has been trying to sell the mill since mid-October. Local blogger and Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation & Conservation District Commissioner Richard Marks posted yesterday on his site that he’d heard from an inside source […]
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Korbel Mill For Sale
California Redwood Co., a subsidiary of Green Diamond Resource Co., has put its Korbel sawmill up for sale. “In a recent meeting, company president Douglas Reed told employees it makes sense for the sawmill to be owned or managed by a company that has deep knowledge of Douglas-fir manufacturing and marketing for the California market,” […]