LUMBERTON, Mississippi — Nearly 100 of the more than 130 anticipated new jobs at Lumberton’s new sawmill have been filled as construction at the site nears completion. “One job at Idaho Forest Group, on average, will earn more than the average household does in Lumberton, meaning that a lot of citizens in the community can now find good-paying jobs,” said Todd Jackson, of Hattiesburg’s Area Development Partnership. …Though Lumberton, just south of Hattiesburg, was named for its lumber industry, the sawmill will be the first in almost a century. Idaho Forest Group invested $120 million in the 174-acre project, which will produce a variety of wood products and convert as many as 1.5 million tons of southern yellow pine timber harvested from the region. The project is nearing completion and is anticipated to be operational by May or June, Jackson said.