In February 2023, management announced that the mill would permanently close in March 2023.
[1] In 1987–88, 1,200 mill workers and members of the United Paperworkers' International Union went on strike against the company, which was demanding wage reductions and other givebacks despite record profits.
[2] In 2006, International Paper sold the plant to Verso Holdings, LLC, and 1,000 people worked in the mill at that time.
[3] Pixelle Specialty Solutions, which had purchased the mill two months prior in February, decided not to rebuild.
[4] In February 2023, Pixelle announced that the mill would cease production no later than March 9, 2023.