Pullman bond passes; districts pass levies

Although votes lagged a bit before the election deadline, voters in the Pullman School District pulled through and the bond passed comfortably with more than 78 percent approval.

The general obligation bond is for $53.5 million over 20 years and will allow the district to build a new Pullman High School and new classroom at Franklin Elementary. Homeowners will pay $1.60 per $1,000 assessed value or if a home is assessed at $200,000, the owner will pay $320 more a year.

The bond needed 4,048 votes to validate the election . As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, 4,216 votes were cast. Of those, 3,300 votes were...