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June 18, 2013

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Oregon company bringing 50-plus jobs to Winton

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WINTON — An Oregon businessman has leased the long-shuttered Longview Fibre sawmill site and will employ 50 to 60 by mid-July building specialty wood-and-steel “mats” for oil rigs. Mike Wold, president of US Mat Systems, Friday signed a lease with an option to buy the 85-acre site from Hampton, a large Oregon-based lumber company that bought the mill site in late 2006, after Longview closed it and laid off its 102 workers.  READ MORE »

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