Source: Jason Parker, WRAL, 7/1/21

 Roseburg Forest Products plans to invest $200 million and create 137 new jobs that average $50,796 in Halifax County to develop what it calls a sustainable high-tech sawmill operation in the Town of Weldon. The story of lumber and the story of sawmills has been a fascinating one throughout the pandemic, as lumber prices increased dramatically, in a classic example of too little supply to meet increasing demand, as many places in North Carolina, and across the nation, struggle with housing shortages.

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