Crews at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview, WA have begun dismantling the white-liquor tank that collapsed on May 26; temporary tanks are being installed to enable a restart, but no restart date is set, 500+ workers remain idle, and worker pay is extended only through Oct 11 (Spokesman-Review).
Forestry & Timber
President Trump paused the 50% tariffs on ~$20B of Canadian goods for three days (to Aug 22), citing a near-final trade deal with PM Carney — but softwood lumber gets no relief: combined duties/tariffs remain near 45%, and Section 232 tariffs and the long-running lumber dispute are unresolved (CP24, Mission City Record).
Update: Within the Oregon Wood Innovations package, Grant and Harney counties in Eastern Oregon receive over $8M — $2M to restart Prairie Wood Products (Prairie City), $2M plus a $150K community wood grant to reopen Malheur Forest Products (John Day), and $2M for Biodynamics (Hines) — targeting small-diameter/low-value log processing and wildfire-risk reduction (Blue Mountain Eagle).
