PINE HILL, Ala. — Dereck Autry always thought he would spend his entire career like his father at the Weyerhaeuser wood products mill outside this tiny town. It was steady work, and his dad told him: "You can raise a family there."
Falling timber industry hits backwoods US hard
Monday, August 24, 2009 | 8:49 a.m. CDT;
updated 11:48 a.m. CDT, Monday, August 24, 2009
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