Voters approve special levies

Voters in the Wahkiakum and Naselle/Grays River Valley school district approved special school levy requests when mail-in ballots were counted Tuesday.

Both levies would continue measures which voters had previously approved.

Wahkiakum School District voters approved a four-year levy that will raise $927,000 the first year and increase $20,000 per year to a total of $987,000 the fourth year. Estimated tax rate is $2.49 per $1,000 of assessed property value.

The vote was 636 in favor, 58 percent, 466 opposed, 42 percent. School levies need only a simple majority to pass.

Naselle/Grays River Valley School District voters approved their district's two-year special levy request 416-237, a 63.7 margin in favor.

In the district's Wahkiakum precincts, voters supported the levy by a 144-122 margin, 54 percent in favor.

The levy will raise $695,000 per year with an assessment of $2.90 per $1,000 of assessed property value.