Canvas board gives election final okay

All local funding measures received official approval after Whitman County’s canvass board certified the Feb. 14 election results Tuesday morning.

School funding measures for Colfax, Colton, Endicott, Oakesdale, Pullman, Rosalia, St. John, Steptoe and Tekoa all received final tallies well above the 50 percent approval mark. The town of Rosalia’s street levy request also passed with 65 percent approval, over the 60 percent required passage rate.

Final count included 8,046 ballots of the 17,001 sent out to voters for a 47 percent turnout.

The canvass board accepted three of the 65 ballots that w...