Prineville lumber firm on the rocks in Lithuania

Ochoco Lumber’s mill there processed up to $20M worth of wood a year at its height

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
March 28, 2009

WASHINGTON — In the early 1990s, Ochoco Lumber Co.’s Lithuanian mill was seen as a key part of the Prineville company’s future. Now it’s barely hanging on, company officials said this week.

A combination of depressed global timber markets, a shortage of....

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