More Than Just Making Pulp

Marc Griffin2021-07-07T21:37:28+00:00July 7th, 2021|

A little less plastic: Bag ban a part of the “new normal”

Marc Griffin2021-04-08T20:32:49+00:00April 8th, 2021|

RitaE/Pixabay Senate Bill 5323 was postponed days after being passed in 2020, but will eliminate single-use plastic bags as the pandemic ends Read more ... 

Swartz new Safety Coordinator

Marc Griffin2020-10-06T20:46:49+00:00October 6th, 2020|

Newly named Columbia Pulp Safety Coordinator Dustin Swartz, left, commutes to the Starbuck Plant from Washtucna, Wash, where he lives with his wife Michelle, right, step-daughter Madelyn Meade and son DJ–due November 28, [...]

Lovgren named plant manager by Columbia Pulp LLC

Marc Griffin2020-10-06T20:37:40+00:00October 6th, 2020|

Columbia Pulp LLC has announced the promotion of a new plant manager at its Lyons Ferry tree-free pulp operation. Read more ...

Brian St. Clair promoted as the operations Director of Finance

Eleanor Specht2020-08-07T19:20:34+00:00August 7th, 2020|

Columbia Pulp has announced the promotion of Brian St. Clair as the operation’s director of finance. Read more ...

Columbia Pulp announced as a finalist for the PPI Awards 2020 in Environmental Leadership – From Sustainable Forestry to Waste Management

Eleanor Specht2020-02-03T22:50:00+00:00January 30th, 2020|

2020 PPI Awards finalists announced - Winners to be revealed March 10th at Awards Dinner We are pleased to announce the PPI Awards 2020 finalists. The winners will be announced at the PPI Awards Dinner on March [...]

PaperWeek Canada – Kristi Kobetich to Present

Eleanor Specht2020-01-28T21:55:29+00:00January 28th, 2020|

Pulp and paper professionals from across the country descend on Montreal next week for PaperWeek Canada, running Feb. 3 to 6 at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth hotel. Here’s a preview of what’s happening at [...]

North America’s First Tree-Free Pulp Mill

Eleanor Specht2020-01-21T18:31:39+00:00January 21st, 2020|

It is not a new concept—pulp made from non-wood fiber—and it has been discussed for years, but not until now has it again become a reality in North America. Columbia Pulp (Dayton, WA) is [...]

Comprehensive Economic Development

Marc Griffin2020-01-04T23:52:57+00:00January 4th, 2020|

DAYTON—The Conference Room at Fire District 3 was crowded with community stakeholders for the Port’s annual Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) meeting, which took place on Dec. 18. Read more ... [...]

Triple Pundit Article

Marc Griffin2019-11-25T15:55:50+00:00November 25th, 2019|

For over a decade, TriplePundit has reported on the intersection of people, planet and profit, believing business can be a force for good. They make the business case for corporate responsibility and sustainability, and [...]

Tree-Free Paper is Saving Forests and Farmers in Washington State

Eleanor Specht2021-04-27T17:11:03+00:00April 27th, 2021|

In 2013, about 20 wheat farmers gathered at a local pizza joint in Dayton, Washington to hear John Begley, CEO of Columbia Pulp, make his case. Read more ... 

Columbia Pulp aims to reopen Lyons Ferry plant in May after pandemic closure

Eleanor Specht2021-02-22T21:48:06+00:00February 22nd, 2021|

Columbia Pulp, headquartered in Dayton, has announced plans to reopen of its Lyons Ferry plant in early May. This comes more than a year after coronavirus concerns forced the plant to shut down in [...]

How Washington farmers’ wheat straw can help solve a big environmental problem

Eleanor Specht2021-01-06T17:44:32+00:00January 6th, 2021|

We’re turning a lot of forests into toilet paper each year, but there are so many better ways to make the world’s most disposable product, some of which can be found right on our [...]

Columbia Pulp Announcement

Marc Griffin2020-04-01T16:22:58+00:00April 1st, 2020|

On Monday evening, March 23, the Governor of Washington State issued an executive order requiring everyone in Washington to “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” as part of the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic, with [...]

West Linn mill making paper with straw pulp

Eleanor Specht2020-01-30T17:48:57+00:00January 30th, 2020|

WEST LINN, Ore. — On the banks of the Willamette River in West Linn sits a 130-year-old paper mill. The factory, once sewn into the state's fabric, faced the same fate as other paper [...]

CDFA Press Release

Marc Griffin2019-11-05T19:37:45+00:00November 5th, 2019|

CDFA Announces Winners of the CDFA Excellence in Development Finance Award —Winners to be Recognized at CDFA National Development Finance Summit— Columbus, OH - The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) is proud to [...]

Willamette Falls Paper Company Trials First Run of Non-wood Paper

Marc Griffin2019-11-05T18:59:51+00:00November 5th, 2019|

Nov. 4, 2019 (Press Release) - Willamette Falls Paper Company in West Linn, Oregon, has made its first successful trial of non-wood paper grades using pulp from local agricultural waste — producing both coated [...]

Starbuck School District Donation

Marc Griffin2019-10-03T17:02:33+00:00October 3rd, 2019|

Kevin Gravis, left, receiving check from John Begley, Columbia Pulp CEO. On Thursday Oct 3rd, Kevin Gravis from the Starbuck School District was at our offices receiving a check from our Sponsorship [...]

Columbia Straw Supply Fire Update

Marc Griffin2019-06-20T15:19:02+00:00June 19th, 2019|

On the morning of June 13th, a straw fire began at Columbia Straw’s Lyons Ferry location. As of 6:00 am, June 19th, the fire had been reduced to a pile of smoldering straw about [...]

Columbia Straw Supply Fire

Marc Griffin2019-06-17T15:23:04+00:00June 17th, 2019|

A fire at a Columbia Straw Supply stackyard on Lyons Ferry Road has destroyed or damaged about a thousand tons of wheat straw which has been stored there in preparation for the launch of [...]