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Wet Denny Creek Stuck Snowmobilers
On Sunday, January 21, 2024, at 2:22 p.m., the West Yellowstone Police Department dispatch center received a 911 call regarding a group of snowmobilers who were stuck and unable to extract their snowmobiles. The coordinates from the 911 call indicated that they were in steep, timbered terrain 11 miles west of West Yellowstone. Due to…
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South Plateau Junction Injured Snowmobiler
On Sunday, January 7, 2024, at 1:42 p.m., the West Yellowstone Police Department dispatch center received a 911 call regarding a snowmobiler who sustained knee and back injuries when their snowmobile left the trail and struck a tree. The crash location was 11 miles south of West Yellowstone near Black Bear Canyon. Volunteers from Gallatin…
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“Junction 8” Injured Snowmobiler
On Thursday, January 4, 2024, at 4:21 p.m., the West Yellowstone Police Department dispatch center received a 911 call regarding a snowmobiler who had struck a tree and suffered a head injury. The crash location was 4 miles west of West Yellowstone near Junction 8. Volunteers from Gallatin County Search and Rescue in West Yellowstone,…
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1-4-24: Sheriff/Coroner Dan Springer Releases Victim Name in I-90 Wrong Way Driver Fatality
For Immediate Release On 1/4/2024, the Gallatin County Coroner’s Office responded to a head-on fatality crash on I-90, mile marker 278. The accident involved a wrong way driver traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of travel on Interstate 90. The wrong way driver struck the vehicle of female victim, Laysa Grewell, a 22-year-old resident of…
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1-4-24: Bomb Threats to Gallatin County Courts
For immediate release: Jan. 4, 2024 On the morning of Thursday, Jan. 4, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office was notified that the Clerk of District Court’s Office received an anonymous email threat claiming that bombs were put into courtrooms in Gallatin County District Court, Justice Court, and Bozeman Municipal Court. Similar threats have been received…
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1-4-24: I-90 Head-on Fatality Crash
On January 4, 2024, at 1:26 am, Gallatin County Dispatch began receiving calls of a wrong way driver on Interstate 90 at mile marker 294. The suspect vehicle was reportedly traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes. The suspect vehicle subsequently caused a head on collision with another vehicle at mile marker 278. Gallatin County Sheriff’s…
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Madison Arm Snowmobile Crash
On Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at 2:45 p.m., the West Yellowstone Police Department dispatch center received a 911 call regarding a snowmobiler who had struck a tree and suffered severe facial injuries in the crash. The crash had taken place on the Madison Arm Trail 4 miles northwest of West Yellowstone. Volunteers from Gallatin County…
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Gallatin, Broadwater Counties Receive Funding to Replace Old Town Bridges
For immediate release: Jan. 3, 2024 Media contact: Whitney Bermes, Gallatin County Communications Coordinator Cell – 406-595-8963 whitney.bermes@gallatin.mt.gov Gallatin, Broadwater Counties Receive Funding to Replace Old Town Bridges Gallatin and Broadwater counties are finalizing contracts for state funding to help replace two bridges on Old Town Road that span the Jefferson River near Three…
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Big Sky Buck Ridge Injured Snowmobiler
On December 30th 2023, Gallatin County Dispatch received a call for two injured snowmobilers on Buck Ridge. Both patients were involved in a snowmobile crash and sustained injuries. Canyon Adventures snowmobile guides were in the area and responded to assist the injured riders. Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue volunteers from the Big Sky Section…
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Behive Basin Injured Skier
On 12/29/23 at 3:25 PM Gallatin County 911 received a call from the partner of an injured skier. The pair was ski touring in Beehive Basin and one of them had hit a rock and injured her ankle. Despite the ankle being too painful to bear weight, the pair slowly made their way down to…