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Coeur d'Alene resident Lou Razza disposes trash at The Kootenai Solid Waste Transfer Station on Thursday. County leaders are discussing the idea of privatizing the solid waste department. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
June 23, 2018
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June 23, 2018 1 a.m.
Privatize garbage? County wonders
COEUR d'ALENE — The Kootenai County Commission chairman is following through with his idea during the election campaign to see if privatizing the Solid Waste Department would save taxpayers money.