If diversity has been key to surviving the recent recession for many in the construction industry, log home maker Katahdin Cedar Log Homes in Oakfield offers a compelling case in point. “When we ...

In 2002, Rocky Mountain Log Homes moved the house-log-milling portion of its operation to British Columbia, after years of struggling to find enough available standing dead trees around the region.

We all remember the weeks, if not months, of effort by our state government leaders to keep the Harley-Davidson plant in Pennsylvania last year. That situation demonstrates the economic battles that ...

VICTOR, Mont. - There's evidence the Bitterroot's custom log home industry continues to pull out of the recession. Montana Idaho Log and Timber, south of Victor, forecasts 2015 will be the best year ...

Lincoln Logs were my favorite building blocks as a child. Come to think of it, the brown logs and green roof slats remain my favorites, even as a big child. I've spent hours building and rebuilding ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A housing option that saw decline following the Great Recession is coming back, and industry leaders in Montana say it will give buyers a better price than traditionally built homes.

Craig Kovacs is building a log house in Lehigh Township typical of those found in upscale mountain resorts such as Jackson Hole, Wyo. The 12,000-square-foot house will be home for his family of five ...

Sunshine streams through skylights into the heavily wooded great room as Bruce Rossignol peers in the front door of his new log home. A Connecticut fieldstone fireplace beckons and a sprawling deck ...

HAMILTON - Rocky Mountain Log Homes forester Pat Connell can't help but feel a bit torn every time he sees a load of processed house logs roll into the main plant just south of Hamilton. He knows ...