DAYTON – Columbia Pulp plans to break ground at its building site on Highway 261 near Lyons Ferry this March or April, according to Company President John Begley.

“And it will be about a year until we’re up and running,” he told The Times last week.

Melissa Shumake with the Columbia County Planning Department told county commissioners in their board meeting last week that Columbia Pulp plans to “bring in a check” for its building permits on the first day of February.

County Planning Director Kim Lyonnais is encouraged by the progress that has been made so far. “They’ve bee...