Two Cedar Rapids privately owned lumber companies have been merged under new ownership. Marty Hoeger, a customer of Ogden and Adams, a 113-year-old business at 144 32nd Street Dr. SE, for about 20 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Building product distributor BlueLinx has acquired lumber giant Cedar Creek for $413 million - creating a $3.2 billion, 70-store wholesale distribution giant. The acquisition will be ...

Q: My neighbor and I live in homes with cedar plywood exteriors. Each day our houses are attacked by an unknown variety of woodpecker. This woodpecker has put lines of small holes and a larger hole ...

Ginny Bartolone began writing DIY and home improvement guides nearly 10 years ago, covering everything from energy-efficient appliances to cracked foundations. Whether she's compiling cost information ...

Dear James: I want to find more things for my kids to do here, so I plan to build a sandbox. What are some design tips, and what type of wood is best? — Sanjay P. Dear Sanjay: It is a simple project, ...

If you have a couple of cedar trees in your yard that need to come down, why let them go to waste once they're out of the ground? Instead, you can easily transform these simple logs into quality ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — A new mixed-use development that is expected to transform a long-vacant block on the main street connecting downtown and the New Bohemia District is slated to get a final green light ...