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Claim Text: Shutting down the biomass boiler would jeopardize hundreds of local jobs, like the truckers who haul chips and even jobs at other local wood products mills.
Simplified Text: Closing biomass boiler would risk hundreds of local jobs.
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Created: December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM (8 months ago)
Last Updated: December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM (8 months ago)

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“These sales support rural loggers, mill workers, and trucking operations in critical parts of the regional economy,” said Forest Supervisor Kimpton Cooper. 0.900

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