VOLUME 5, NUMBER 35
Friday, February 16, 2024
Good afternoon. In the newsletter today: We have the distressing news of Interfor’s decision to shut down the sawmill, which includes layoffs of around 100 employees, 57 of those occurring yesterday . Also, the PHS boys have played themselves into having a shot at tying Cascade for first in the conference. The girls lost a tough one last night but are still all alone in the top spot. Plus, we have a City Council roundup story that leads up with results of a community survey.
Thanks for reading!
Brad Fuqua, publisher/editor
Top Stories
Interfor pausing production at sawmill operation at Philomath
Company source: The first 57 of approximately 100 employee layoffs occurred Thursday
Interfor Corp. announced late Thursday that it will pause production at its Philomath sawmill operation for an undetermined amount of time until it can “evaluate the next steps for the […]
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Community Calendar
• Saturday, Feb. 17: PHS Girls Wrestling at Special District 2 Tournament
• Saturday, Feb. 17: Councilor Coffee, 9-10:30 a.m.
• Saturday, Feb. 17: Special Olympics Oregon Polar Plunge, 11 a.m.
• Saturday, Feb. 17: PHS Swimming at 4A/3A/2A/1A State Meet, 1:15 p.m.
• Sunday, Feb. 18: PHRED at FIRST Robotics Competition Scrimmage, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Sunday, Feb. 18: FIRST Tech Challenge Second-Chance Qualifying Tournament. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Monday, Feb. 19: Philomath TOPS meeting, 9 a.m.
• Monday, Feb. 19: Moonlight Country Mixer at Marys River Grange Hall, 7-10:30 p.m.