Public school fully staffed, board approves swimming co-op with Ogallala
by: The North Platte Bulletin - Jul. 18, 2021
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A rundown of the North Platte public school board meeting on July 12:
North Platte Foundation Director Terri Burchell said the week of Aug. 23 will be the Back to School Bash with Change Wars and Dine Out to Donate, among other events, concluding with the Back Yard BBQ and Education Afterhours.
Burchell noted that distinguished alumni will be recognized at the Afterhours event.
The 2020 distinguished alumni are Ronnie Baker 1961, Cheryl (Edis) Erickson 1962 and Dr. Richard Hansen 1970. The 2021 distinguished alumni are Deborah Murphy 1968, Marvin Webb 1965 and Gil Wilkinson 1960.
Garbage fires spur new shipping regulations, but who will pay the price?
Posted by Katherine Rose | May 14, 2021
The last time an open-topped Sitka garbage container caught fire was 2016 (pictured above). Republic Services shared the image in a presentation to the Assembly on Tuesday. (City of Sitka)
The cost to ship Sitka’s trash may increase soon. When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday night (5-11-21), the group heard a presentation from the city’s solid waste contractor about policy changes for barging trash. But the city is pushing back on footing the bill.
Last fall, Alaska Marine Lines announced it would begin refusing shipments of solid waste in open containers on June 1. That poses a problem for Sitka because the city currently ships its solid waste in containers without lids. Switching to closed containers and fully compacting the trash would require a significant investment in new equipment that
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