With closing of JD Lumber Mill, Priest River, Idaho faces uncertain future
| August 10, 2008 |  View for printing |
With the mill disposing more than 200 jobs, Priest River wavers between its possible fates, including bubbling into a tourist hub or fading into a ghost town.
Hardworking. Tight knit. Loyal. And, worthy of a second acknowledgment, hardworking. That's how the small-town Priest River residents describe themselves.
Stocked with the stoicism of blue-collar grit, the small riverfront town has always banked on its hardy residents to fuel the machine of its survival: the lumber mills.
By ALECIA WARREN Staff writer
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