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Located in Dayton, WA in the heart of one of the densest wheat farming regions, pioneering company Columbia Pulp was set to be the first full scale straw pulp mill in North America. The purpose of the facility was to produce high-quality, commodity, and specialty straw pulp for direct sale to paper and packaging manufacturers as an alternative to traditional wood-based pulp material. The pulp produced by Columbia Pulp had quality specifications equal to or better than virgin hardwood pulp or recycled pulp.

Stories in this Regional News Roundup are excerpted from weekly newspapers from around the region. This is part two, with part one having appeared in Saturday’s Tribune.

Replacing plastic bags with paper ones is likely not sustainable. Can innovation in the paper industry change the equation?

Replacing plastic bags with paper ones is likely not sustainable. Can innovation in the paper industry change the equation?

Manhattan is the most well-known of the five boroughs of New York, the heart of the city. Given that high profile, one can understand a traveler’s double-take when seeing a Montana road sign for an off-ramp to “Manhattan” in the middle of nowhere, or in this case, midway between Three Forks and Belgrade.