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City low on salt
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The slushy snow that fell Wednesday night and Thursday morning didn’t require an abundance of salt to clear it from roads.That’s a good thing because the city’s salt supply is running low.“We used a lot of our salt last week,” said McMinnville Public Works assistant director Brad Hennessee during Tuesday’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting. “The salt house stands at about one-third capacity. We can probably withstand a two- to three-day run on the salt again.