Trash resolution reached for Coeur d'Alene residents
Republic Services/Coeur d'Alene trash bins behind Park Drive in Coeur d'Alene.
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Coeur d'Alene resident Bridget Hill spoke Tuesday at a Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting about the trash policy for Fort Grounds and other parts of the city with tight alleys. Residents were alerted via stickers on trash receptacles that alley pickup would no longer continue through Republic Services after Jan. 1.
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COEUR d’ALENE — Fort Grounds resident Bridget Hill was ready to wield sharp words about the trash pickup situation in Coeur d’Alene at the Jan. 21 City Council meeting until a resolution looked more promising mere hours before the meeting.
After about a month of back-and-forth among the city of Coeur d’Alene, Republic Services, and residents in 82 affected households, trash pickup is back to how it has worked for the last 50 years.
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