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Curtis Jackson knows he needs his car. But after a section of Walnut Street collapsed beneath his vehicle Friday, trapping him inside and sending him to the hospital, his first concern is getting himself well.

The City of Dawson canceled its Sept. 24 budget hearing, citing an unfinished countywide property reassessment, as its one-month temporary spending authorization approaches expiration Sept. 30. The postponement leaves the city without an adopted budget for the fiscal year that began Sept. 1 and needing further council action to authorize continued spending in October.

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