...August of the Verso paper mill in Sartell and the Georgia-Pacific hardboard plant in Duluth compounded a tough situation...Minnesota Timber Producers Association. The Verso and Georgia-Pacific shutdowns will eliminate 400 plant jobs while also...

...impenetrable. This is the land of big lumber, where massive tracts of woods are owned and operated for the profit of Georgia-Pacific and Weyerhauser and other industrial giants. Trees are there to be cut and very few last to maturity, mostly those...

...an aluminum sheet that blocks 97 percent of the sun's radiant heat -- leaving attics up to 30 degrees cooler. Georgia-Pacific's new G-P Plus Plywood Sturdi-I-Floor offers both tongue-and-groove edges and a smooth, fully sanded...

...Bren and American Electric Power. Chevron Texaco Corp. pitched in $5 million to $10 million, and Centex Homes, Georgia Pacific timber and paper company, Arrow Last & Livestock Inc. and Public Service Co. of New Mexico each gave between...

...year. Buckshot Jones now drives the No. 44 car, but not before the team swapped sponsorship from Hot Wheels to Georgia Pacific. ``It's easier for me to focus on the (No.) 45,'' Kyle Petty said. ``If we can make the 45 successful...

...during a downward economy. "Health insurance is a huge issue," said Steve Tollers of Duluth, who lost his job at Georgia Pacific after 31 years as a millwright. His wife also is being laid off at St. Mary's Medical Center. "It's a touchy...