Body of man found near Shilshole

Seattle

The Seattle Police Harbor Patrol found the body of a man believed to be the swimmer who disappeared Aug. 21 near Golden Gardens.

Police spokesman Jeff Kappel said the body was found Friday afternoon near the Shilshole boat ramp.

"It's a high possibility this is the missing swimmer from a week ago," he said.

The King County Medical Examiner's Office, however, has not yet positively identified the body.

During the search, authorities identified the missing man as 21-year-old Brent M. Sweet from Los Alamos, N.M.

Sweet and a companion had been trying to swim to a buoy about 200 yards from shore at about 8:45 that night, police said.

The Harbor Patrol helped rescue Sweet's 29-year-old friend.

Fire boats, police, the Coast Guard and a King County helicopter searched for Sweet over several days after he was reported missing.

Redmond

Motorcycle hits

curb, driver killed

A 31-year-old Redmond man died Saturday morning after his motorcycle struck a curb and he was thrown off.

Redmond police said the man, who has not been identified, was traveling south at a high speed in the 15900 block of Leary Way at 12:15 a.m.

Police are investigating.

Index

Repaving expected

to slow traffic

Expect travel delays on Highway 2 near Index this week as crews repair and repave the roadway.

From noon Tuesday to noon Friday, state Department of Transportation contractors will alternate letting eastbound and westbound traffic through on Highway 2 one mile east of Index.

Crews finished building a rock buttress to stabilize the hillside under Highway 2 earlier this month. Now they will remove the pavement, repair and repave the road.

For more information, visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/US2/SunsetFalls/.

Seattle

Bus ridership

jumps in July

While bus ridership usually dips during the summer, Metro's numbers actually went up, said King County Executive Ron Sims in his blog.

He said ridership numbers topped out in July at 400,457, a 9.9 percent increase over last summer.

Seattle Times staff