Lumber and timber industry
A statue of Jesus Christ stands in front of the remains of a house in Cameron Parish, La. on Monday, May 24, 2021. Scores of people in coastal Louisiana are still living in campers on dirt mounds or next to cement slabs where their houses once stood. Unresolved insurance claims and a shortage of supply and labor are stymying building efforts. And weather forecasters are warning of more possible devastation to come. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)
Louisiana coast still hurting from storms, bracing for more

By Rebecca Santana May. 30, 2021 11:04 AM EDT

Louisiana Senate crafts plan for spending $1.5B federal aid

By Melinda Deslatte May. 25, 2021 06:24 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana would spend more than $1.5 billion in federal coronavirus aid on roadwork, water system improvements, tourism marketing,...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks with reporters, joined by newly-elected House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Capitol Hill Friday, May 14, 2021, in Washington. Republicans voted Friday morning for Stefanik to be the new chair for the House Republican Conference, replacing Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who was ousted from the GOP leadership for criticizing former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP FACT CHECK: House GOP falsely blames Biden for gas prices

By Christopher Rugaber And Hope Yen May. 25, 2021 06:11 PM EDT

Reps. Bill Wheat, R-Ponchatoula, from left, Chris Turner, R-Ruston; and Troy Romero, R-Jennings, look through budget documents during a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee on Monday, May 3, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
Louisiana House GOP leaders unveil their budget proposal

By Melinda Deslatte May. 03, 2021 01:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador applauds during a ceremony at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City. Mexico announced Saturday, April 24, 2021, that Lopez Obrador will hold talks with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on May 7 to discuss migration, amid an increase in underage migrants at the U.S. southern border. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Mexican leader to talk with Kamala Harris on migration

Apr. 24, 2021 03:33 PM EDT

8 school districts allowed partially remote schedules

Apr. 20, 2021 08:34 AM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Some New Hampshire schools have started their first full week of in-person instruction in more than a year, though waivers allowed eight...

FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo, a person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center in Pasadena, Calif., during the coronavirus outbreak. While most Americans have weathered the pandemic financially, about 38 million say they are worse off now than before the outbreak began in the U.S. According to a new poll from Impact Genome and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research 55% of Americans say their financial circumstances are about the same now as a year ago, and 30% say their finances have improved. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
With layoffs down and spending up, US rebound gains momentum

By Christopher Rugaber And Joseph Pisani Apr. 15, 2021 08:41 AM EDT

Bates College lifts lockdown; outbreak reported at jail

Apr. 14, 2021 01:45 AM EDT
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Bates College lifted a 12-day lockdown aimed at containing an outbreak of COVID-19, and in-person classes resumed Wednesday. ...

A sign sits in front of a KB Home construction site, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Simi Valley, Calif. U.S. homebuilders are poised to benefit this spring homebuying season amid strong demand, low mortgage rates and an all-time low inventory of previously occupied homes for sale. But soaring lumber prices and a shortage of construction-ready land could limit builders’ ability to capitalize on the strong housing market trends, analysts say. .(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Builders grapple with land shortage, soaring lumber costs

By Alex Veiga Feb. 25, 2021 11:44 AM EST

Virus news: Rhode Island offers tests upon airport arrival

By The Associated Press Nov. 29, 2020 12:11 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — A look at coronavirus developments around New England: ___ CONNECTICUT Connecticut...

In this July 24, 2019, file photo, workers watch as a truck passes by stacks of shipping containers at a port in Yingkou in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. Authorities in China's rust-belt region are looking for support for its revival from Beijing's multibillion-dollar initiative to build ports, railways and other projects abroad. (AP Photo/Olivia Zhang)
China tightens restrictions on Australian exports

Nov. 03, 2020 04:21 AM EST

A timber harvest operation is seen southeast of Martin City, Mont. near the Hungry Horse Reservoir on Oct. 17, 2019. Prices for logs used in timber are reaching record levels amid the pandemic. (Hunter D'Antuono/Flathead Beacon via AP)
High demand, high prices for forest products amid pandemic

By Maggie Dresser Oct. 31, 2020 08:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 15, 2018 file photo, Alek Skarlatos, right, speaks at the Douglas County Republican Party headquarters in Roseburg, Ore. Skarlatos, who in 2015 helped thwart an attack by a gunman on a Paris-bound train, faces longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio in the November election. (Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP, File)
Paris train attack hero makes bid for Congress from Oregon

By Andrew Selsky Oct. 26, 2020 02:47 PM EDT

FILE - This July 26, 2017, file photo shows Peter Secchia speaking to the media in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. Secchia, a successful Michigan businessman and philanthropist who counted Republican presidents as friends, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 at age 83. (Neil Blake/The Grand Rapids Press via AP, File)
Peter Secchia, businessman and philanthropist, dies at 83

Oct. 21, 2020 03:21 PM EDT

Unused school materials lay on a shelf at a school in the community of Nuevo Yibeljoj, Chiapas state, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. Amid the new coronavirus pandemic, Mexican education officials recently said that enrollment for the new school year was down about 10%, but teachers warn that many students enrolled out of habit, but aren't participating. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Pandemic driving children back to work, jeopardizing gains

By María Verza, Carlos Valdez And William Costa Oct. 15, 2020 09:13 AM EDT

Smoke from wildfires fills the sky over Pasadena, Calif., in this view looking east down Colorado Boulevard on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. The air was categorized as unhealthy by the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The National Weather Service said there were widespread smoke layers across the region. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
Smoke chokes West Coast as wildfire deaths keep climbing

By Andrew Selsky And Lindsay Whitehurst Sep. 12, 2020 05:45 PM EDT

Idaho Land Board will stick with timberland-buying strategy

By Keith Ridler May. 19, 2020 03:03 PM EDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. Brad Little’s desire to make a significant course change involving a politically charged strategy on how to invest millions of dollars...

Mauricio Montalvo, an employee of Mexico's electric company, wears a respirator mask for protection as he walks in a street in the Coyoacan district of Mexico City, Friday, April 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Mexico cites virus in slapping down renewable energy

By Mark Stevenson May. 17, 2020 04:45 PM EDT

FILE - This Sept.16, 2015 aerial file photo shows land cleared by "settlers" who Miskito indigenous leaders accuse of seizing by force lands long considered communal property and clear-cutting tropical forest for cattle ranching in Murubila, Nicaragua. Nicaragua’s government has not only failed to enforce laws that protect its indigenous peoples and their communal lands, but is actively promoting illegal land grabs and granting concessions to mining and timber companies, according to a report released Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
Report: Nicaragua government failing to protect indigenous

By Christopher Sherman Apr. 29, 2020 10:21 AM EDT