Ed Klekowski and Sean F. Werle slipped below the surface of the Connecticut River in 34-degree water, immersing themselves in history. Clad in thermal dry suits to protect against the cold, they were ...

The Shindig is going down here this weekend. This town of just under 5,000 people is expected to host at least 20,000 visitors this weekend for the annual festival that celebrates the Skykomish Valley ...

It was the same old story year after year. Jim Hurst would gather his employees for the lumber mill's annual meeting in a big equipment building next to the mill. Each year, Owens & Hurst's co-owner ...

PORT ANGELES — A slideshow on Clallam County’s logging history is planned for 6 p.m. Thursday. Jack Zaccardo will narrate the slideshow at the library at 2210 S. Peabody St. “Early Logging on the ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN — A Michigan business is keeping a part of the state's history alive with unique bandanas. Around seven years ago, two good friends stumbled across a forgotten piece of Michigan ...

ITASCA PARK, Minn. -- Pick rocks. Make a broom. Thresh grain. Those aren't exactly activities folks look for when taking a vacation from the farm. But when done by someone else, such as the Lake ...

Nobody expected the waterlogged wood lining the bottom of Quakish Lake would become anything but pulp. But Tom Shafer is harvesting that wood for a new purpose. And it's given him a new purpose, too.

The US Forest Service has been tasked by President Trump to create a plan that will increase timber production in federal forests, and Pacific Northwest industry leaders are waiting to see how that ...

SULTAN — Sultan will celebrate its rich logging history this weekend with the 38th annual Sultan Shindig. Debbie Copple, director of the Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce, left no doubt how she feels ...

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June 2010 UNLIKE THOSE IN MOST other pursuits, as pilots we’re all required to keep a bound logbook. The logbook is to be used to record at least some of our flight time. But a logbook is much more ...

Six months following the flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Isabel, another victim has been claimed by that September storm. One of the twin pecan trees that shaded the mansion at Mount ...