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EMPORIA, Va. (WRIC) — Georgia-Pacific has abruptly closed its plywood plant in Emporia, leaving 550 employees out of work and a tight-knit community reeling from the sudden loss. The company ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A small boat believed to be carrying migrants capsized early Monday in high surf off San Diego’s Pacific coast and left three people dead and four injured, while U.S. Coast ...
The Georgia-based company says normal operations at the Emporia Plywood mill plant ceased Friday, and that approximately 550 jobs will be impacted. The company also says, “Georgia-Pacific will ...
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Hundreds of employees at the Georgia-Pacific plywood plant in Emporia ... The company delivered the news to the plant's just over 550 employees during a series of meetings Friday morning and ...
A rural boatbuilder has come to the aid of two women who were forced to postpone their attempt to row from Peru to Australia after part of their boat broke. Miriam Payne, 25, from East Yorkshire ...
A hard-hit part of Southside Virginia got another blow as forest products giant Georgia-Pacific said Friday that it is closing its plywood mill in Emporia, laying off about 550 people. It’s the ...
Southern Virginia is getting hit again. Employees at Georgia-Pacific‘s Emporia plywood mill were told Friday that the company plans to permanently close the mill, with more than 550 workers losing ...
Miriam Payne, 25, from East Yorkshire, and Jess Rowe, 28, from Hampshire, set off from Peru on 8 April to row 8,000 miles (12,875 km) across the Pacific. Yet they had to return to Lima after rowing ...
Brainerd, MN – February 20, 2025 –The Brainerd Boat Show, Minnesota's premier boating event, returns to the Northern Pacific Center from March 7-9. This annual showcase brings together top ...
BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A NEW ENGLAND TRADITION. IT IS FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS NOW, BUT DIFFERENT, I DON’T KNOW, BUT WE HAVE MORE THAN 550 BOATS HERE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE.