A new retail lumber store is opening in Elgin. The Union County Chamber of Commerce hosts a ribbon-cutting to mark the opening of Kennon Lumber Co., 810 Inkwood St., Elgin. The ceremony is at 9 a.m.

The price of cedar roofing shakes has been skyrocketing in recent years, and that was before the Trump administration this week imposed a new tariff of 25 percent on many goods imported from Canada, i ...

BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund gives $825,000 to Downie Timber, $250,000 to remanufacturing arm Selkirk Cedar and $152,000 to Big ...

Five years in the making and finished just in time for the Final Four, Steve Ferse’s masterpiece is something to behold.

Builders, sawmills and others in the wood business have been on edge for weeks wondering what sort of tariffs President Trump ...

Is wood best to build a raised garden? Metal? Stone? Here is everything you need to know about making your own raised garden.

The home is built largely with Southern yellow pine, both in lengths of dimensional lumber and plywood. Even where they ...

UFP expands its Deckorators options and Azek makes strides in fire-resistant decking while Oldcastle and Envision focus on ...

As you study photographs of decorative posts, note how the geometry of the cuts is often created using simple 45 or 30-degree angles. Common circular saws can be set to create these angles. If you ...

Here’s how to cheaply (and quickly) age wood and make it look old and gray. Just apply iron vinegar to fresh cedar lumber: Soak some steel wool in white vinegar for a few hours or a few days ...