A hole, barely big enough to crawl through, is the only opening under the Balsam Bridge over Flower Creek. Libby Mayor Brent Teske, among other officials, named this the primary concern of all the bridges in Libby because it has the least amount of space for ice to flow underneath. (Bethany Rolfson/TWN)
February 17, 2017
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February 17, 2017 4:14 p.m.
Officials rally to stop ice jams
Operation Flower Creek commenced on Tuesday, and all week excavators have been travelling up the channel to dig away ice formations which have, at intervals, stopped the creek from flowing into the Kootenai River.