For immediate release: Oct. 7, 2024 Media contact: Whitney Bermes, Gallatin County Communications Coordinator 406-595-8963 whitney.bermes@gallatin.mt.gov Gallatin County Voters to Decide on Local Option Motor Vehicle Tax Increase This November  This November, Gallatin County voters will decide on a proposed increase to the local option motor vehicle tax, which is applied when vehicles are…

  On 10/5/24 at 2:08 pm, Gallatin County Dispatch received a 911 call from a hunter just south of the Hidden Lakes complex who reported he was charged by a Grizzly bear and then was forced to climb a tree to find safety.  The hunter reported being charged by a sow grizzly bear with two…

            For immediate release: October 2, 2024  Media contact:  Kirsten Smith, Gallatin Behavioral Health Coalition 406-570-0058 ksmith@bloomconsult.org    Community Partners Unite to Launch Youth Behavioral Health Campus Near Bozeman Partners Raising Money to Complete Project  Community partners are joining forces to establish a dedicated campus where youth experiencing behavioral health…

On September 29, 2024, at 5:12 pm, Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue received an agency assist request from the Park County Sheriff’s Office. According to the Park County Sheriff’s Office, two climbers were stranded in technical terrain without the ability to ascend or descend near the summit of Mount Cowen. The Gallatin County…

On September 29, 2024, at 3:43pm, Gallatin County 911 Dispatch was notified of an injured horseback rider on the Porcupine Creek Trail. The injured party had been bucked from a horse and suffered a major hip injury. Volunteers from Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office SAR (GCSSAR), Big Sky Team, deployed in side-by-side OHVs to access the…

For immediate release: Sept. 17, 2024 In the afternoon hours of Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, the Gallatin County Coroner’s Office along with the Bozeman Police Department investigated a fatal incident involving three individuals in a garage. The location was near the 3000 block of North 27th Avenue in Bozeman. Two females and a male were…

For immediate release: Sept. 16, 2024 In the early morning hours of Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, the Gallatin County Coroner’s Office along with Montana Highway Patrol and the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office investigated a fatal motor vehicle accident involving a single motor vehicle on Kelly Canyon Road in Bozeman. A vehicle with four occupants was…

For immediate release: Sept. 9, 2024 On the morning of Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a call regarding an unresponsive infant at a business in Gallatin Gateway. The child’s mother called 911 reporting that her 6-month-old son was not breathing. Law enforcement and medical personnel responded to the…

For immediate release: Sept. 9, 2024 In the evening hours of Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, the Gallatin County Coroner’s Office along with the Bozeman Police Department, investigated a fatal motor vehicle accident between an SUV and a pedestrian that occurred near the area of South Third Avenue and Langohr Avenue in Bozeman. The pedestrian was…

For immediate release: Aug. 30, 2024 Media contact: Meghan Hazer-Alvarez, Gallatin County Planning Department 406-582- meghan.hazeralvarez@gallatin.mt.gov  Upcoming Gallatin County Future Land Use Map & Housing Strategy Public Engagement   Built on the vision and priorities for future land use established in the 2021 Growth Policy, Gallatin County is in the process of creating a Future Land Use…