FILE PHOTO - Arrangement of various world currencies including Chinese Yuan, US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, in this picture illustration taken January 25, 2011. REUTERS/Kacper ...

STARBUCK, Wash. — A one-of-a-kind pulp plant in Eastern Washington will convert wheat straw into pulp that will go into a variety of new products. When it is operational early next year, Columbia Pulp ...

POMEROY — A small group of employees at Columbia Pulp in Pomeroy recently huddled around the base of a conveyor belt that transports wheat straw to a chest where it is mixed with water and chemicals.

When the manufacturing sector is strong, communities become stronger as good-paying jobs support families and the tax base that funds critical local services and schools. If you need one great example ...