School levy close but passing

A tax levy to support local schools was passing by about a 5% margin Tuesday night.

Proposition 1, the Grand Coulee Dam School District's proposal to replace its expiring levy with a new one at the end of this year, seeks to tax property owners $2.13 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.

In the four counties the district serves, the proposal was passing by 422-383 votes Tuesday, that is, by about 52.4...