Lake Stevens man believed to have drowned at Palouse Falls

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office identified the man who is believed to have drowned at Palouse Falls Sunday as 22-year-old James A. Hopkins of Lake Stevens, Washington.

Hopkins and two others were swimming near the base of the falls at about 5:20 p.m. when they “started having trouble,” a news release said. Bystanders helped rescue two of the group but Hopkins couldn’t be located by emergency responders.

A dive team still hasn’t been able to find his body, but the search has been suspended because of dangerous water below the falls, the news release said.