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An accident that killed a subcontractor employee at the WestRock Co. plant in Covington last October was caused by an explosion, an investigation by state regulators has determined.

The company is temporarily taking down a machine in their Covington mill, resulting in 67 temporary layoffs. ... Covington paper mill to temporarily lay off 67 employees ... VA 24017 (540) 344 ...

New Report Reveals Covington Mill Is Top Climate Polluter Among U.S. Paper Plants Omose Ighodaro , Multimedia Journalist Published: June 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM Updated: June 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM ...

A new environmental report has placed Covington’s Smurfit WestRock paper mill under intense national scrutiny, calling it the worst climate polluter in the U.S. paper industry. Now, some of the ...

A World War II-era boiler in Virginia is at the center of a growing debate over the paper industry’s role in climate change — and how much pollution goes uncounted ...

For more than a century, Covington, Virginia has had one dominating feature: its paper mill. Smokestacks tower over the community of 5,500, many of whom work there. But according to a new report ...