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Iron County eyes CWD dumpsters

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — Iron County hunters will be able to continue disposing their deer carcasses in special dumpsters designed to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease after the Iron County Board of Supervisors’ Finance Committee recently approved funding three dumpsters for the upcoming hunting season.

Last year, there were dumpsters located in the towns of Oma, Mercer and Saxon.

“It sounded like Oma and the Mercer ones were pretty well used,” Iron County Clerk Mike Saari said. “It sounded like those two were pretty well used, it didn’t sound like Saxon...