Columbia Pulp announces that it will idle operations

Derek Ruffcorn2022-02-15T17:35:11+00:00February 12th, 2022|

Press Release 20220211

Ag Energy acquired by Pullman-based NuPhy, continues partnership with Columbia Pulp

Derek Ruffcorn2022-02-02T21:46:05+00:00February 2nd, 2022|

Spokane - Ag Energy Solutions Inc., a Spokane-based agricultural renewable technology company, has been acquired by Pullman, Washington-based plant and tree fruit producer NuPhy Inc. Read more ...

Columbia Pulp explores new possibilities, alternative products from residual wheat straw

Derek Ruffcorn2022-01-06T18:17:16+00:00January 6th, 2022|

DAYTON — Animal bedding is the newest innovation to come from Columbia Pulp LLC here as it continues to explore the possibilities of what can be made by recycling wheat straw left over from [...]

Columbia Pulp and GMCO Corp Announce New Product Launch

Derek Ruffcorn2022-01-06T20:08:30+00:00January 6th, 2022|

DAYTON—Columbia Pulp I, LLC and GMCO Corporation announced plans to partner in the processing and sale of an innovative chloride-free soil stabilization and dust control product under GMCO’s IntegriBlend brand. The IntegriBlend-CF product developed [...]

KGW News – Washington company creates eco-friendly paper out of straw

Derek Ruffcorn2021-11-16T22:43:47+00:00November 16th, 2021|

Columbia Pulp announces Ag Energy Solutions partnership

Derek Ruffcorn2021-09-23T18:29:06+00:00September 23rd, 2021|

STARBUCK—Columbia Pulp LLC and Ag Energy Solutions, Inc have announced an agreement to partner in processing wheat straw from the Columbia Pulp facility through the Ag Energy Solutions biomass processing platform. The output from [...]

Columbia Pulp CEO John Begley to retire

Derek Ruffcorn2021-08-06T16:50:53+00:00August 6th, 2021|

DAYTON—Columbia Pulp is announcing the retirement of John Begley effective September 3. Begley has been CEO of Columbia Pulp since its inception and has led the company through its development, financing, design, construction, and [...]

More Than Just Making Pulp

Derek Ruffcorn2021-07-07T21:37:28+00:00July 7th, 2021|

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

Derek Ruffcorn2021-04-08T20:32:49+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

Derek Ruffcorn2020-10-06T20:46:49+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, [...]

Columbia Pulp Mill Increases production of Eco-Friendly Fiber, Columbia Gold®

Derek Ruffcorn2021-11-12T19:26:32+00:00October 21st, 2021|

DAYTON—Columbia Pulp LLC has resumed operation of its first-of-its-kind mill near Dayton, Wash. ​Idled between April, 2020 and June, 2021 due to the pandemic, the company used that time to implement numerous process improvements [...]

Alternative Agriculture Fiber is Helping Farmers in Washington State

Derek Ruffcorn2021-10-06T20:15:09+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

Derek Ruffcorn2021-02-22T21:48:06+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

Derek Ruffcorn2021-01-06T17:44:32+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

Derek Ruffcorn2020-04-01T16:22:58+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

Derek Ruffcorn2020-01-30T17:48:57+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

Derek Ruffcorn2019-11-05T19:37:45+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

Derek Ruffcorn2019-11-05T18:59:51+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

Derek Ruffcorn2019-10-03T17:02:33+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

Derek Ruffcorn2019-06-20T15:19:02+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 [...]