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Site Selection Magazine's November edition includes a dozen location spotlights that include WorkKeys NCRC growth trends to demonstrate workforce quality. Features include Kansas, the Dakotas, Virginia, Nebraska, New York, Mississippi, Washington, and Wyoming.

Roseburg Forest Products, an innovative U.S. forest products manufacturer, will create 137 new jobs in the certified Work Ready Community of Halifax County. The company will invest a total of $200 million to develop a sustainable high-tech sawmill operation in the Town of Weldon.