Moses Lake construction bond vote narrows

MOSES LAKE — A $135.3 million bond proposal for new construction in the Moses Lake School District is losing by a whisker.

In updated vote totals released Wednesday by the Grant County Auditor’s Office, the bond proposal has 5,609 yes votes and 3,746 no votes, 59.96 percent voting yes. Because it’s a revenue measure, the proposal requires 60 percent to pass.

Votes are still coming in, and updated vote totals will be released Friday.

The bond includes money for a new, second high school, a new elementary school and upgrades to the existing Mores Lake High School.

If the bond passes, the new high school would be built on property the district purchased last year at the intersection of Paxson Drive and Valley Road. A site has not been selected for a new elementary school, although district officials are concentrating their search in the southeast part of town, said district superintendent Michelle Price in an earlier interview.