J&M Sanitation Deploys BYD, Amrep Electric Refuse Trucks
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KUNA, Idaho, March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ J&M Sanitation, a family-owned business serving Kuna, Idaho, has deployed two all-electric Class 8 refuse trucks, the first such battery-electric, zero-emission vehicles in Idaho. The trucks are replacing two current diesel vehicles, resulting in cleaner air and a lower carbon footprint. J&M is the first company in Idaho to own and operate electric refuse trucks and now operates two of only ten in North America.
J&M Sanitation electric refuse truck
The BYD 8R heavy-duty trucks feature BYD s proprietary electric propulsion system designed specifically for refuse collection. With 295kWh of battery capacity, the trucks are built to support a full day s operations. The cabs, chassis, and propulsion systems were built by BYD and are equipped with 31-yard automated side-loader bodies made by Amrep, a refuse truck body manufacturer
Middle and high school students in St. Martin return to in-person instruction
The change will happen January 28
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and last updated 2021-01-15 18:43:56-05
ST. MARTINVILLE, La. â Middle and high school students in St. Martin Parish will be heading back to full in-person instruction starting Jan. 28, 2021.
In a letter to parents, Superintendent Allen Blanchard says that transmission rates of COVID-19 in the school system are low and they feel very strongly that the best place for children is indeed in the classroom.
Some districts in the parish have already transitioned from hybrid schedules to full attendance beginning at the end of September, Blanchard says. Others changed schedules later in the fall.
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Today is Saturday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2021. There are 349 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 16, 2020, the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump opened in the Senate, with senators standing and swearing an oath of “impartial justice.” Trump again denounced the proceedings as a “hoax,” while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said new evidence reinforced the need to call additional witnesses.
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In 1865, Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman decreed that 400,000 acres of land in the South would be divided into 40-acre lots and given to former slaves. (The order, later revoked by President Andrew Johnson, is believed to have inspired the expression, “Forty acres and a mule.”)
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