Trout Lake M&O wins voter approval

With all the votes now in and counted, the final returns show that voters in the Trout Lake School District have voted to OK a two-year "Maintenance & Operations" levy.

Here are the final, certified results for Trout Lake's "M&O" measure from the Feb. 4 election.

YES: 186 votes, 63.92%

NO: 105 votes, 36.08%

The vote total met the 60 percent supermajority necessary to pass tax measures, as well as the threshold for the minimum number of votes cast.

According to the Klickitat County Auditor's Office, the turnout in the special election was 51.05 percent.