Page 8 - Flathead River News Today

Thirty-five intrepid souls leaped off the dock at Riverside Park in Polson Saturday during Shiver in the River, the annual fundraiser for Special Olympics Montana. But this year, instead of plunging into the frigid Flathead River, they landed in an ice-infused swimming pool.

Two men have admitted threatening juveniles with a firearm in an altercation that culminated in a pursuit with law enforcement. Izayus Prewett, 18, and Nathan Videl Caye, 22, each entered into plea agreements on separate charges.

Bruce McLellan and his family lived on the bank of the Flathead River where his kids grew up around grizzly bears.

Bruce McLellan and his family lived on the bank of the Flathead River where his kids grew up around grizzly bears.

Bruce McLellan and his family lived on the bank of the Flathead River where his kids grew up around grizzly bears.

Bruce McLellan and his family lived on the bank of the Flathead River where his kids grew up around grizzly bears.

The stretch of U.S. 2 joining Columbia Falls and Hungry Horse is tight with bends in the road as it winds between the Middle Fork of the Flathead River and the canyon wall.

David Bjelland sat transfixed in front of the TV screen, cake in hand, shooing off his relatives as they tried to wish him a happy birthday.

Letters to the editor Feb. 11

While many areas of western Montana received some much needed snow this week, a lot more will be needed to build record-low snowpack levels up to anything near normal.