ALEXANDRIA, Minn. -- Just put me in a pine box. It's been said by many and sung by some, too. Roger Rosengren took that phrase to heart eight years ago when a fellow carpenter handed him a drawing and ...

VAUGHN, Mont. — They call the lumber harvested from trees killed by mountain pine beetles blue pine. The beetles that burrow into those trees leave their marks in bluish gray, often mixed with greens, ...

HIBBING, Minn. – When Mark Coen left the priesthood, he couldn’t have known how closely his future would mirror his past. Today, Coen works in a church, lives in a parsonage, and ministers to the ...

As a carpenter labors in the sweltering noon heat to complete his melancholy task, his newly made coffins lie stacked up six high and stretch down the hospital courtyard. The simple pine coffins have ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... How’s this for immersive? Elitch Gardens is debuting the Pine Box Challenge this fall, in which five souls will try to stay sane while inside the theme ...