When Anchorage’s Midtown Transfer Station moved across the street into a brand new facility, it left behind the old transfer station and administrative offices.
Anchorage’s Solid Waste Services new pilot program aims to keep plastics and organics out of the landfillWhen Anchorage’s Midtown Transfer Station moved across the street into a brand new facility, it left behind the old transfer station and administrative offices.
Now, both buildings have new functions, the administrative office is a homeless shelter, and the tipping floor of the former transfer station has become a place to drop off organic material.Updated: 2 hours ago The Alaska Supreme Court has unanimously reversed a Superior Court ruling that had struck down Alaska’s correspondence school statutes as unconstitutional, restoring the program as it has existed for the last ten years. ‘It’s a clear win for Anchorage’: Outgoing mayor reacts to decision allowing bans on homeless people sleeping outsideThe Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places, overturning a California appeals court ruling that found such laws amount to cruel and unusual punishment when shelter space is lacking. In Anchorage it has been used as a reason why large, often dangerous, homeless camps have been allowed to thrive.A proposed road that would stretch 211 miles across federal lands in Interior Alaska to reach mineral mining areas has been rejected by the government.The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection reports that four new fires started this weekend alone including the Tustumena Lake Fire, Montana Creek Fire, Corkey Fire, and East Redoubt.
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