Date: 08/03/2015 09:13 AM
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/246
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – If you felt like July was even hotter than usual, you were right. The National Weather Service says last month was Salem’s hottest July on record. The Statesman Journal reports that the service says the July heat in Salem topped out at 105 degrees. The average monthly high was 88.4 degrees, nearly seven degrees above normal. Last month Gov. Kate Brown ordered state agencies to conserve water.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds most Americans think of water as a limited resource that can be depleted if people use too much. The poll of 1,004 adults found that two-thirds believe water is a limited resource that should be conserved. And 70 percent believe government should restrict how much residents and businesses use when drought takes hold.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon State Fair is looking to hire 400 workers. The Salem Statesman Journal reports that there will be a recruitment day tomorrow at the fairgrounds looking for people to work as ticket sellers, parking attendants, ticket takers, cashiers, food handlers, bartenders and grounds crew members.
WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon energy company that wants to export liquefied natural gas has lost a lawsuit regarding a land easement. The Daily Astorian reports a federal magistrate judge found Oregon LNG’s challenge to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ easement on the Skipanon Peninsula in Warrenton should be dismissed because the statute of limitations had expired.
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