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Archive Home > 2006 > August > 25 > Wood products a dying industry

Wood products a dying industry

Manufacturing decline underscores widening gap between rural and urban wages

By Anna Sowa / The Bulletin
August 25, 2006

Wages earned by rural Central Oregonians hit a peak in 1976, then slipped and haven't recovered.

Back then, the wood products industry flourished in Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties, offering high-paying jobs that required relatively little expertise. Then, in the 1980s, mills started....

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