Odessa and Harrington levies pass

The February 9 special election held in Lincoln County saw the school and hospital levies in Odessa and Harrington pass by comfortable margins.

Of the 5,823 registered voters in 40 precincts, 3,107 had returned ballots by February 12 when the last count was tabulated for a voter turnout of 53.36 percent. The election will be certified on February 19.

Odessa School District 105’s Proposition 1 (Replacement Maintenance and Operation Levy) passed within Lincoln County by 323 to 114 votes or 73.91 to 20.09 percent. When the few voters from Adams and Grant Counties are included, the votes were 337...