PRESS RELEASE LIONSHEAD BROKEN FEMUR On Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 1:43 p.m., The West Yellowstone Police Department received a 911 call from a snowmobiler reporting that a member of the group had suffered a broken femur after striking a tree.  The coordinates retrieved from the 911 call indicated that the group was 14.31 miles…

Gallatin County Elections Office   For immediate release: May 13, 2022 Absentee Ballots for June 7 Primary Mailed On Friday, May 13, the Gallatin County Elections Office mailed about 59,000 ballots for the June 7 primary election to active registered absentee voters in Gallatin County. Ballots will begin arriving in mailboxes in the following days.…

Gallatin County Treatment Court For immediate release: May 4, 2022 Interested in learning about peer support, peer coaching or volunteering with the Gallatin County Treatment Court? Please join us for a very informative meeting. The Gallatin County Treatment Court will be hosting a meeting on Thursday, June 2 from 6 to 7:30 PM with special…

For Immediate Release: May 4, 2022 Gallatin County officials were notified that avian influenza A (H5N1) was detected in a flock of domestic poultry located in rural Gallatin County.  The site was identified late last week near Manhattan/Belgrade. The Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) has identified a “Surveillance Zone” of ten kilometers around this location,…

At 5:39, Saturday, April 30th, Fort Ellis Fire/Rescue and AMR Ambulance were dispatched to a report of a rollover crash at mile marker 319 westbound (Jackson Creek exit) on Interstate 90. Arriving units found eight teenagers all of whom had self-extricated from a Ford F150 pickup truck that had rolled off the north side of…

Gallatin Local Water Quality District   For immediate release: April 28, 2022 The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will be providing an update on the Bozeman Solvent State Superfund site at the next meeting Gallatin Local Water Quality District board meeting. The meeting will be on Thursday, May 5 at 8:15 AM in the…

  For immediate release: April 26, 2022 Commission Approves Funding For Public Open Lands Projects The Gallatin County Commission approved using Open Lands Program money to help fund three projects, including the expansion of Burke Park on Peets Hill, and improvements to the Gallatin County Regional Park and Anderson Dog Park in Bozeman. On Tuesday,…

PRESS RELEASE **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**   *****Update as of 5pm on 4/23/2022**** Throughout the last 24 hours the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office along with Montana Highway Patrol and Fish, Wildlife and Parks have continued to search the area of Karst Stage Loop and throughout the Big Sky region. With the information gained throughout the investigation…

  PRESS RELEASE **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** UPDATE 23 APRIL 2022 – 0900 HOURS: The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office continued their assistance of Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) in searching the Highway 191 Canyon throughout the night.  The suspect fled from FWP Officers who were attempting to conduct a traffic stop on a reckless driver at…

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** On 4/22/22 at approximately 4:00pm a Fish, Wildlife and Parks Warden attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a reckless vehicle traveling north on Highway 191. The vehicle came to a stop near the Castle Inn, where the sole male occupant and driver fled on foot. The vehicle was later discovered to…