3 rescued from capsized boat near Quilcene
A Coast Guard helicopter has rescued three people from a capsized boat in Dabob Bay near Quilcene.
The Coast Guard says it received a call from Jefferson County emergency dispatchers at 1:38 p.m. Friday, saying a 10-foot aluminum boat had capsized with three people on board.
A MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the Coast Guard’s Port Angeles station recovered the three people, who were wearing lifejackets.
Emergency medical personnel were on shore and took the trio to a local hospital. The boaters’ identities and the extent of any injuries were not immediately available.
No pollution was reported.
Dabob Bay branches off from Hood Canal about 25 miles northwest of Seattle.
Olympia: Budget may slow Sound cleanup
The looming state budget deficit may slow work to clean up Puget Sound.
The director of the Puget Sound Partnership, David Dicks, told The Olympian it would be asking the Legislature for a smaller increase in funding.
The agency presents a plan Monday to the Legislature for fighting pollution and protecting habitat in Puget Sound.
The plan may seek more federal money or perhaps create local improvement districts where voters could approve taxes.
Dicks says a top priority next year is helping the Fish and Wildlife Service complete restoration of 762 acres of estuary habitat at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.
@3. Headline News Briefs 14 no:Agencies evaluating four-day work week
The state Department of Community Trade and Economic Development says it should have some information next month on whether a four-day week for some workers is saving money.
The agency’s Olympia headquarters switched to the shortened week in October as Gov. Chris Gregoire asked agencies to save money.
A spokesman for the Office of Financial Management, Glenn Kuper told The Olympian newspaper working four 10-hour days is popular among workers.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Heidi Audette, said the shift to four-day weeks has gone smoothly, without much feedback from the public.
@3. Headline News Briefs 14 no:License mail includes donation pitch
Drivers getting their license renewal notices from the state Department of Licensing will see something new in the envelope.
The department is including a special insert from the Living Legacy, the fundraising arm of LifeCenter Northwest, the Bellevue organization that runs the organ donor program in Washington, Alaska, Montana and northern Idaho.
The insert asks for money to promote awareness of organ donation.
After a three-month test with the flier, the Department of Licensing says it may allow other public service inserts in its mail.
Seattle: Suspect waives extradition
A 21-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a teenager at a shopping mall in Tukwila has waived extradition and will be returned from Oregon to King County.
Barry Lee Saunders is charged with murder and assault. The shooting last week left one teen dead and a second wounded at the Westfield Southcenter mall.
Saunders was arrested Wednesday after police investigating a call about possible drug activity questioned him in a Portland hotel parking lot.
Travis Sewell, a deputy district attorney for Multnomah County, Ore., said Friday that Saunders’ decision means he won’t make a court appearance in Portland and will soon be transported to King County.
Toppenish: 1 killed, 5 hurt in crash
The Washington State Patrol says a woman was killed and five children injured in a collision Thanksgiving evening on a road near Toppenish.
The patrol says the woman and children were in a 1998 Nissan Sentra that was hit by a 1997 Jaguar that ran a stop sign. The driver and a passenger in the Jaguar fled the scene on foot.
The patrol identifies the dead woman as 37-year-old Rosa Magana of El Mirage, Ariz. The five children, ranging in age from 6 to 17, also are from El Mirage. They were taken to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima.
Oregon: Boat capsizes off coast, two missing
Two men remained missing Friday evening after a 42-foot crab boat capsized near the north jetty at Tillamook Bay, authorities said.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the captain, Darrin Mobley, 43, of Bay City, swam to the rocks and was picked up by the Coast Guard and fire crews from Rockaway Beach and Garibaldi.
He was the only one of the three wearing a life jacket.
Fire crews took Mobley to Tillamook County General Hospital. He has been released, said Otto Gonzalez, nursing supervisor.
The missing crewmen have been identified as George Shaw, 55, of Sequim and Timothy Leake, 44, of Tillamook. A Coast Guard helicopter and at least two boats searched into the afternoon.
Coast Guard casualty and pollution investigators were called because of a sheen spotted near the area where the crab boat capsized.
Eggert said about 400 gallons of diesel fuel were on board. The Coast Guard said reports show the diesel spill will do minimal environmental damage.
@3. Headline News Briefs 14 no:Man dies in fire in Astoria building
PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities say a man has died in an overnight fire in a downtown Astoria building built in 1922.
Officials say the victim may have been living in the building, which held a shuttered flower shop, a bank office, two restaurants and another business.
The building was constructed after a fire in downtown Astoria.
Firefighters were called about 10:50 p.m. Thursday. They say the fire may have started in the flower shop.
Astoria Fire Lt. Bob Johnson says dozens of firefighters from as far as Seaside helped.
Associated Press
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