Beltrami County closes solid waste sites and some offices for Juneteenth

Residents planning a dump run or a records stop in Bemidji will need to wait until Saturday, June 20, because Beltrami County will close all solid waste facilities and the Sheriff’s Office Records and Court Divisions for Juneteenth. County offices and services will be shut Friday, June 19, while essential 24/7 and emergency services will stay open.

The closure will affect the county’s everyday services most directly tied to disposal and public-safety paperwork. Beltrami County Solid Waste facilities will be closed for the holiday, along with the Sheriff’s Office Records and Court Divisions. Normal operations will resume the next day, restoring access to those services on Saturday.

The county’s contact directory shows how those pieces fit into local operations in Bemidji and across Beltrami County. Solid Waste/Recycling, Court Administration, the Sheriff’s Office, Emergency Management and the jail are listed as separate county functions, making clear that the holiday shutdown will reach some offices while leaving the county’s emergency backbone in place.

The June 19 closure also follows a pattern Beltrami County has used in previous years. A 2025 Juneteenth notice closed county offices and solid waste facilities for the holiday and reopened them the next day, and a 2024 notice did the same, showing the county has repeatedly observed the day with a full pause in routine operations.

Juneteenth, also called Freedom Day, marks the end of slavery in the United States and has become a day of public observance across Minnesota and the country. In Beltrami County, the practical effect will be simple: no access to solid waste sites, no Sheriff’s Office Records service and no Court Divisions service on Friday, June 19, with those offices back on normal schedule Saturday.