An online tour of Vaagen Brothers Lumber sawmill in Colville is available at www.spokesman.com. The company was pioneering in its use of small-diameter timber for lumber production. A spinoff of ...

Buildings made with cross laminated timber are already commonplace in Europe, but it’s a relatively new concept here. So to say Russ Vaagen, whose family has owned Vaagen Brothers Lumber for more than ...

As wildfires become more frequent and intense, two brothers in Colville, Washington, are tackling two issues to help: making forests more fire-resilient and the lumber industry more sustainable, KHQ ...

Vaagen Brothers Lumber Inc. was the successful bidder on a timber sale aimed at making 604 acres of the Colville National Forest less vulnerable to wildfires. The $1.5 million contract was awarded to ...

COLVILLE, Wash. — Russ Vaagen, whose family has a 66-year-long history in Washington state’s timber industry, sees a future in mass timber. The former president of family-owned Vaagen Brothers Lumber ...

COLVILLE, Wash. — Deep in the Colville National Forest in Eastern Washington state, Russ Vaagen is pointing to a delineation between woods that have been selectively thinned and those that haven’t.

In 2013, the U.S. Forest Service was looking for someone to reduce wildfire risk and rehabilitate a stand of overgrown trees on the Colville National Forest in northeastern Washington. Colville-based ...

If Colville had a skyline, it would be dominated by the 128-foot crane at the Vaagen Brothers Lumber plant. A giant claw drops into truck beds, retrieves timber and puts it into piles. The logs keep ...

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COLVILLE, Wash.- Fire crews in Stevens County spent much of Wednesday evening battling a structure fire at one of the town’s largest employers. Part of the Vaagen Brothers Lumber Mill, at 565 west 5 ...

This sections of forest near Colville, Washington, seen in June, has been thinned, allowing trees to grow less densely and reducing the risk for wildfire. COLVILLE, Wash. — Deep in the Colville ...