A row of Christmas trees growing at the Community Waste Solutions landfill on May 7, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Charlene Jones/Chilkat Valley News)

Community Waste Solutions

Community Waste Solutions has launched two new projects at the landfill. One is a new plastic grinder that manager Craig Franke said serves the dual purposes. First, it reduces the amount of space plastic takes up, therefore extending the life of the landfill. The grinder  could be used to…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...