DANESE, West Virginia – Jack and Kathleen Taggart, owners of New River Farms Sawmill in Danese, opened their new sawmill July 19, 2024, offering customers many species of logs as boards and beams up to 25 feet in length to the customer’s specifications. The company can also mill individual logs at its Danese site. …More than 100 people attended the Fayette County sawmill’s Open House at Clifftop in mid-September. Mary Legg, Senior Business Advisor at the West Virginia Hive Network, praised the Taggarts for starting their new business. “New River Farms Sawmill fills a regional business need, offers quality products at a competitive price, and the Taggarts have done all the right things to build a foundation for successful operations,” said Legg.