Latest vote count boosts St. John levies to passing

With another count completed by the Whitman County elections office, two levies have moved above the 60 percent passing threshold.

Both of the levies were in St. John, the first being a street maintenance levy that is now passing with 166 yes votes (61 percent) and 104 no votes (39 percent). The second levy, for sewer maintenance, is now passing with 168 yes (62 percent) and 103 no (38 percent).

The St. John levies were previously failing at 58.77 percent and 59.39 percent, respectively.

In the latest count, the elections department tabulated 2,696 more ballots to bring the total to 15,997 cou...