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We all flew down to Guatemala City and then motored onward another 60 miles to the town of Panajachel, in Guatemala's southern highlands. Our group's mission was to help build a small house for a family of poor--very poor--people of Mayan Indian descent.

Weyerhaeuser Co. has declined to appeal a decision from a federal judge that found the company discriminated against a top union official for his labor organizing.

Each July, the University Of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation sponsors a camp for high school students who've completed their junior year and demonstrate interest and aptitude in the field of engineering. This year, there were almost 180 applicants for the 102 spots.

A fire that started at one of the papermaking machines at Twin Rivers Paper Co. on Sunday afternoon spread into the ductwork, making it difficult to extinguish, according to the local fire chief.

Columbus, Ohio firefighters battled a four-alarm fire at a WestRock recycling center on the South Side into Friday night. Officials advised nearby residents to stay indoors and avoid breathing in the smoke.

About 45 employees were evacuated from Georgia-Pacific in Bradford Township, Pennsylvania for about an hour Wednesday afternoon after a bailer overheated and caught fire at the facility.

Catalyst says it's still investigating exactly what happened, but is confirming a mechanical failure at the Crofton mill sent a spray of residual liquor into the air for half an hour...

Oregon State Police say they arrested four people in connection with a campfire that spread out of control, igniting several logging slash piles on Weyerhaeuser property northwest of Portland.

The Nippon Paper Industries USA plant and the company's newly built biomass cogeneration plant west of downtown Port Angeles are being marketed for sale by PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance LLC in southwest British Columbia.

Cascades Inc. announced that it has taken a majority position in Longhorn Paper Converting, a tissue converting plant in Grand Prairie, Texas.

The managers of the Kawerau pulp and paper mill are warning the cost of electricity transmission could drive the plant out of business.

The European Union's antitrust authority opened a full-blown investigation into the proposed merger of Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co., which could require the companies to make bigger concessions to clear their blockbuster deal.

Weyerhaeuser Company is closing the doors on its lumber and plywood mills in Columbia Falls, Montana, which will result in more than 70 workers losing their jobs.

Venezuela's newly nationalized Kimberly-Clark facility has produced 2,068,800 sanitary towels in the first month since reopening following a worker takeover in July.

Veritiv Corporation announced the construction of its new Canadian headquarters and warehouse in Mississauga, Ontario.

How many times have you seen a less than honest performer running out the back door as the investigators are coming in the front door? It happens quite often. Fos the Pulp Rat continues his tale...

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Verso Corporation announced that David J. Paterson will retire as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Verso.

International Paper is currently the subject of several reports on Bloomberg around a prospective takeover.

RR Donnelley & Sons Company announced that it intends to transfer the listing of its common stock to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) from the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

There was a fire Tuesday morning at the Verso Paper Mill, and Escanaba Public Safety was asked to respond in Wells Township.

A federal agency has settled its $5 million civil lawsuit against Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC by agreeing to seek restitution for a lesser amount when claims filed by unsecured creditors against the bankrupt mill's estate are processed, officials said Monday.