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Newport plans city app for targeted alerts and an AI‑indexed archive to digitize local history

City of Newport Board of Commissioners · February 7, 2026

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Summary

City staff proposed a branded companion app (opt‑in notifications) to improve emergency and service communications and described a history‑project to scan archives, oral histories and newspapers into SharePoint and an AI index for public access and educational use.

City staff outlined two complementary communication and cultural projects at the Feb. 7 strategic session: a companion mobile app to expand resident notifications and a long‑range history‑digitization initiative.

City app and website: Staff described a CivicPlus companion app for the city website that would offer opt‑in push and text notifications, topic preferences (emergency alerts, events, parks), embedded…

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