A north Alabama county is about it lose its biggest employer. International Paper says it’s closing the paper mill in Lawrence County after forty three years of operation. After the first round of layoffs we take a look at how the town of Courtland and the residents are doing. Courtland Alabama has a population of around seven hundred people and one big employer. The International Paper mill provided jobs to over a thousand Lawrence County workers, but according to International Paper spokeswoman Laura Gipson that is about to change… “ That’s primarily due to a sluggish economy within the US and really the acceleration of electronic substitution for online filing and billing. International Paper made the decision to look at its mills that produce uncoated, free-sheet paper and ultimately the decision was made to close the Courtland mill.” Workers at the mill made paper for magazines, envelopes and office copy machines. Back in September, word that the plant would shut down sent
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