Century-old NC paper mill that employs 1,100 to abruptly close, ... Smathers added that it was like a piece of the town's soul being ripped out, ABC15 reported. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX BUSINESS APP.

After a decades-old paper mill in Georgetown County, owned by International Paper, shut its doors in the fall, residents are waiting anxiously to see what will replace it.

A historic building in Cottonwood Heights could be torn down and turned into townhomes and condos. Behind the old Cottonwood Paper Mill's abandoned walls sits almost 150 years of history.