Paper-product manufacturer Georgia-Pacific says it has permanently closed its plywood mill in Emporia, leaving 554 people without jobs. In a statement on its website May 2, the Atlanta-based ...

EMPORIA, Va. (WRIC) — Just days after Georgia-Pacific announced the sudden shutdown of its plywood mill in Emporia, 550 laid-off workers are now scrambling to figure out their next steps.

Georgia-Pacific is closing its Emporia plywood mill, resulting in 554 job losses. The company cited low home sales and the resulting impact on the housing market as the reason for the closure.

Southern Virginia is getting hit again. Employees at Georgia-Pacific‘s Emporia plywood mill were told Friday that the company plans to permanently close the mill, with more than 550 workers losing ...

EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW) - Former Police Chief John Scott Cronk, who spent 36 years with the Emporia Police Department (EPD), has died at the age of 66. According to Roberts-Blue Barnett Funeral Home ...

EMPORIA, Va. — Hundreds of employees at the Georgia-Pacific plywood plant in Emporia, Virginia, are losing their jobs after the facility ceased operations immediately on Friday. The company ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Six people have been charged in connection with an alleged multi-national drug smuggling operation from Mexico to Emporia, Kansas. According to a press release from the U.S ...

According to the latest figures from the Virginia Employment Commission, the Greensville-Emporia labor market area had the state’s highest unemployment rate, by far, in March, at 7.3 percent ...

EMPORIA, Va. — A job fair will be held in Emporia on Thursday, May 8, after the closure of a major plywood plant leaving hundreds without a job. The fair, which is hosted by Georgia-Pacific ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Georgia-Pacific has announced in a statement Friday, May 2, that on July 1, it will permanently close its plant in Emporia, impacting over 500 jobs. The Georgia-based ...

After The Dubai Mall, MoE, Deira City Centre, smart parking operational in one more mall Dubai: BurJuman Mall in Dubai on Tuesday announced that its new Smart Parking System has gone live.

All live in Emporia except for Sanchez, who is from McAllen, Texas. The U.S. attorney’s office in Kansas claims that between March and April of this year, U.S. Customs noted a charter bus making ...