Longview Shutdown Unfazes The Columbian

0:00A reader hit me up asking how the long view newsprint plant shutdown hits the Columbian. Straight up, it barely touches us. Customers won't notice a thing, since newsprints just a small slice of our costs, even though we burn through tons printing our paper five days a week. We run two presses right here in downtown Vancouver, cranking out 70 other publications too. Our operations busier than ever, but we never sourced paper from long view. We grab most of our blank rolls from Inland Empire paper in Spokane Valley, with some from Canada when needed. I've been inside that Spokane plant back in 2018 while it's set up, turning lumber mill scraps into newsprint on these massive, roaring machines. It's a sight, but the real story is the market crunch causing shortages everywhere. Prices on those rolls are bouncing around right now, and yeah, they're headed up long term. Our teams locked in plans to weather it, and the worst wheat face is trimming a few pages daily. No big drama for readers. Other Northwest press folks call us weekly begging for our stock, but we're holding

1:03tight to ride this out. Keeps us printing steady. No sweat. Canada news today, powered by AI bringing you what matters. I'm Corey with the story.