GIG HARBOR — Gig Harbor police say a woman who died in a crash on State Route 16 had been asked not to drive after an earlier crash.
Gig Harbor police say two officers were dispatched to the Olympic Village Shopping center following a minor collision on Friday.
One driver accused the other, 53-year-old Peggy Schierman of Tacoma, of being drunk, but Sgt. Kelly Busey says a breath test showed Schierman was not intoxicated.
Schierman said she was only tired, so Busey says she was advised to call someone for a ride and she said that’s what she would do.
Eight minutes later, Schierman was fatally injured. Her 1996 Ford Explorer veered across the westbound lanes of State Route 16, went through a cable barrier, overturned several times and wound up in the eastbound lanes.
Bellingham: Part of Ski to Sea race dropped
The weather seemed perfect for the 35th Ski to Sea race in Whatcom County. It turns out that was just the problem. Sunny, warm weather on Sunday boosted runoff into the Nooksack River so much that the canoe leg of the race was canceled. Many were disappointed, but there were also many expressions of relief from inexperienced canoeists who feared the cold and treacherous torrent.
Then winds gusting to 25 miles an hour formed whitecaps on Bellingham Bay and the kayak part of the race was cut to three miles from five. Organizers say they were prepared to cancel that leg of the race altogether, but shortening it kept the kayaks close enough to shore to ease the risk.
@3. Headline News Briefs 14 no:Whatcom County loses funds for Lummi ferry
Whatcom County is losing $18.5 million in state funds for saving money on operation of the Lummi Island ferry.
County Council members voted 5-to-2 last month not to pay $11.5 million for a new boat. Instead they asked the state County Road Administration board for about $6 million to renovate the dock and the existing ferry, the Whatcom Chief.
The board’s executive director, Jay P. Weber, replies that state funding hinged on getting a new boat.
Council members on both sides of the issue say they expected as much.
Council member Sam R. Crawford, who favored a new boat, says there was little chance that the switch would be approved. Council member Laurie R. Caskey-Schreiber says higher operating costs for a larger ferry were a bigger concern than keeping the state money.
Lakewood: Man killed by bounty hunters ID’d
A man who was shot to death by bounty hunters in Lakewood has been identified as 34-year-old Roberto Roque.
Bail bond agents say they shot Roque in self-defense Thursday after he backed his car into one of the agent’s two cars, then started going forward. Investigators say two guns were found in Roque’s car.
He was facing charges in three criminal cases, including drug and weapons offenses. More recently he was accused in recent weeks of stealing money from Liberty Bail Bonds Inc., which hired the agents.
The two bounty hunters who shot at him say they fired in self-defense. Company agents have declined to comment. A police investigation into the shooting is continuing.
Olympia: Rising costs stall project at Capitol
A building project at the state Capitol in Olympia is on hold because of rising costs.
The Department of Information Services estimates the new buildings will cost at least $370 million, and state Treasurer Mike Murphy said Thursday it could go a lot higher.
Associated Press
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