Category: Media Release

  • Cream Creek Snowmobile Accident Rescue

    On January 26, 2024, at 9:37am, West Yellowstone Police Department Dispatch received a 911 call from a snowmobiler who was recreating with family members when one of the snowmobilers sustained injuries as a result of a snowmobile accident. The caller indicated that one of the snowmobilers in the party was in need of immediate medical…

  • GCCHD to Host Free Health Coaches for Hypertension Control Class

    For Immediate Release: 1.24.2024 The Gallatin City-County Health Department is partnering with the Belgrade Senior Center to host a FREE Health Coaches for Hypertension Control class starting February 8, 2024. This class will meet for eight weeks on Thursdays, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Belgrade Senior Center. Read the full press release here.…

  • Forest Park Missing Child

      On January 23, 2024, at 6:03am, Gallatin County 911 received a call for a missing juvenile near the Forest Park trailer court. The parents suspected the juvenile had left the residence at approximately 5:00am. Gallatin County Sheriff’s Deputies and Search and Rescue volunteers responded to the scene to conduct an urban search. Search and…

  • Madison Arm Injured Snowmobiler

    On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at 11:36 a.m., the West Yellowstone Police Department dispatch center received a 911 call regarding a snowmobiler who had suffered a minor leg injury after an accident in which their snowmobile had rolled over them. The snowmobiler was complaining of knee and ankle pain but was reported to be otherwise…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • “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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…