Northwest Hardwoods Layoff — March 2026
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGWashington State Employment Security Department· filed March 3, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Centralia, WA (Permanent County).
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on March 3, 2026.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the WA state workforce agency.
Summary
Northwest Hardwoods Inc. filed a worker adjustment and retraining notification with the Washington state Employment Security Department reporting the closure of its Centralia facility and the planned permanent separation of 70 full-time employees. The notification, filed March 3 and dated the same day, lists May 2 as the separation date (the state database lists March 5 as the layoff start date) and names nearly 40 job types affected, including sawmill teams, boiler and kiln operators, planers, forklift operators, electricians and several planning and administrative roles. The company described the reason for the terminations simply as a facility closure and indicated the layoffs are expected to be permanent without relocation or contracting out of the positions. Northwest Hardwoods has not provided further comment explaining the closure; the notice was submitted by the company’s VP of Human Resources, Todd Bruhn.
Northwest Hardwoods disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the WA state workforce agency on March 3, 2026. The notice covers 70 employees in Centralia, WA (Permanent County), with the layoff effective March 5, 2026.
That is roughly 5.4% of the 1,300 people Northwest Hardwoods employs.
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