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- CheckyesterdayChange DetectedAdds news items about the Sumner Station lease being tabled and updates on the Jail Bed Task Force and Clean City/Community Vitality programs, along with new event listings. It also removes a detailed traffic advisory about planned highway closures.SummaryDifference3%

- Check8 days agoChange DetectedAdded a traffic advisory detailing planned Highway 99 and Wible Road closures and detours, plus MLK Day city office closure and updated event calendar entries. Removed the Cottonwood Road 24/7 closure notice and older sewer-rate meeting notices.SummaryDifference2%

- Check15 days agoChange DetectedAdded a Traffic Advisory detailing a 24-hour Cottonwood Road closure (Jan. 13–16) with detours and travel cautions. The update also includes related meeting times and a Drop-In Pickeball event.SummaryDifference3%

- Check22 days agoChange DetectedAdded notices about sewer-rate community meetings and the first 2026 pop-up trash drop-off with dates and locations. Removed holiday hours, trash services calendar, and tree recycling program details.SummaryDifference4%

- Check29 days agoChange DetectedAdded a new video and story about the Stiern Park restroom funded by PSVS, including quotes and facility details. Removed the video about the City donating a decommissioned van to Critters Without Litters.SummaryDifference1%

- Check36 days agoChange DetectedAdded a new video about the van donation to Critters Without Litters and expanded coverage of SNIP, holiday hours, and tree recycling. Removed the older video about the Stiern Park restroom.SummaryDifference4%

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