TROY — The Kootenai River is powerful ... Twice, actually. First for a camping trip east of Libby, then for a reporting trip into the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area south of town.

A 14-foot jet boat sank in the Kootenai River near Kootenai Falls on March 29 around 6:15 p.m., according to the Lincoln ...

It was big and loud, gnawing away at the gorge it blasts through on its way to Idaho. I looked at the river’s soft spots and wondered if there were any trout there. Later, looking at the falls ...