For Immediate Release: July 19, 2023 Between March 28 and April 17, 2023, over 50 individuals reported becoming sick with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms after eating at Dave’s Sushi in Bozeman, MT. As previously reported, two of these individuals died and three were hospitalized. The Gallatin City-County Health Department (GCCHD) and the Montana Department of Public…

For immediate release: July 13, 2023 Media contact: Amanda Hartman, Marketing/Sponsorship Coordinator 406-582-3275 amanda.hartman@gallatin.mt.gov Big Sky Country State Fair to Host Montana Beef Council Barnyard The Montana Beef Council and the Big Sky Country Fair have teamed up in order to bring education, activities, and fun to Bozeman from Wednesday, July 19 through Sunday, July…

In the afternoon hours of Friday, July 7, 2023, the Gallatin County Coroner’s Office along with the Montana Highway Patrol, and Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a single fatality motor vehicle crash that occurred on Highway 191 near mile marker 71. The crash involved a passenger vehicle and semi-truck. The driver of the passenger…

For immediate release: July 11, 2023 Media contact: Ralph Bloemers, Executive Producer hello@elementalfilm.com 503-504-2432 Images, clips available for broadcast.   Award-Winning Documentary “Elemental, Reimagine Wildfire” Premiering at Emerson Center Bozeman, Montana – As fire season is underway, the critically-acclaimed, award-winning documentary ELEMENTAL: REIMAGINE WILDFIRE will premiere in Bozeman on July 26, 2023 at the Emerson Center,…

PRESS RELEASE Ridge Trail Rescue On July 09, 2023, Gallatin County Dispatch received a call from a pair of hikers, one of which was dehydrated and out of water, on the Ridge Trail between Ross Peak and Sacajawea Peak in the Bridger Mountains. Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue volunteers from the Valley Section responded…

PRESS RELEASE Sourdough Canyon Rescue On July 6, 2023, at 8:20pm, Gallatin County dispatch received a call for an ATV rider who had become stranded in between Hyalite Canyon and Sourdough Canyon. The ATV rider had departed the Lick Creek Trailhead before running out of fuel. The rider was then separated from their ATV by…

PRESS RELEASE Gallatin River Rescue On July 3, 2023, at 6:12 PM Gallatin County Dispatch received information that a family had overturned their paddle-board and were stranded on an island on the Gallatin River near Central Park Road. The family was unable to swim to shore due to the fast moving water conditions.   Gallatin…

PRESS RELEASE M Trail Rescue On July 2, 2023 at 12:57 pm Gallatin County Dispatch received information that a family of 6 were lost while hiking the M Trail. The caller advised the family had run out of water and were stranded on a rocky portion of the mountain. Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue…

For immediate release: June 24, 2023 Shortly after 2 PM on Friday, June 23, Sheriff Dan Springer reports that the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single-vehicle accident north of West Yellowstone at mile marker 37 on U.S. Highway 191. The driver, 65-year-old Warren C. Johnson of Punta Gorda, Florida, was transported to Bozeman…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Please be advised law enforcement and first responders are on scene at a multiple vehicle accident south of Big Sky on US Hwy 191 Gallatin Road near Walton Mine Road. Limited traffic is able to pass in either direction at this time. Please avoid the canyon if possible and if travel is…