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FLO RIDA IS COMING TO THE BIG SKY COUNTRY STATE FAIR
FLO RIDA IS COMING TO THE BIG SKY COUNTRY STATE FAIR Big Sky Country State Fair Announces Flo Rida for Wednesday, July 19th 2023! Bozeman, MT—We’ve got a “Good Feeling” about our first concert announcement for the 2023 fair! Big Sky Country State Fair is pleased to announce Flo Rida as one of the…
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2-9-23: Sheriff Springer Reports Increase in Scam Calls
Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer would like to increase awareness of recent phone scams involving our office. It appears these scams occur in waves every few months. The caller says they are from the Sheriff’s Office, may even use a deputy’s name, informs the victim that they owe the GCSO money for some reason, such…
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2.5.23 Beehive Basin Rescue
PRESS RELEASE Beehive Basin Skier Rescue On February 5, at 1:38 pm, Gallatin County dispatch received a call for a skier that had sustained a lower leg injury approximately 1 mile up the trail at Upper Beehive Basin. Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue Big Sky section volunteers responded and skied to the patient’s location.…
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2-3-23: Update on semi-truck rollover on I-90
On February 3, 2023, at approximately 10:45 am, Gallatin County 911 Dispatch received a report of a semi-truck rollover on Interstate 90 near mile marker 284. The rollover partially blocked the eastbound lane of traffic. The semi-truck was carrying a load of cattle. Many of the cattle survived but some died as a result of…
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2.2.23 Slide Creek Snowmobile Rescue
PRESS RELEASE Slide Creek Lost Snowmobilers On Thursday, February 2, 2023, at 6:54 pm, the Gallatin County Dispatch Center received a Garmin Device Activation requesting assistance for two lost snowmobilers that had become separated while recreating together. The Garmin device put them in the area of Slide Creek off Taylor Fork Rd, south of Big…
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Application Period Open for Project Funding from the Gallatin County Open Lands Program
For immediate release: Jan. 31, 2023 Media contact: Sean O’Callaghan, Gallatin County Planning Director 406-582-3130 sean.ocallaghan@gallatin.mt.gov Application Period Open for Project Funding from the Gallatin County Open Lands Program Gallatin County is now accepting applications from projects seeking funding through the county’s Open Lands Program. This year, the voter-approved Open Space levy is estimated…
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1.28.23 West Entrance Injured Snowmobiler
PRESS RELEASE WEST ENTRANCE INJURED SNOWMOBILER On Saturday, January 28, 2023, Yellowstone National Park requested assistance for a snowmobile crash 1 mile west of West Yellowstone on the West Entrance Road. The snowmobiler was reported to have fractured their femur in the accident. Volunteers from Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue in West Yellowstone, Custer…
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Gallatin County Attorney Withdraws Notice of Intent to Seek Death Penalty in West Yellowstone Homicide Case
For immediate release: Jan. 27, 2023 Press Availability: Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell will be available to take questions from reporters today, Friday, Jan. 27, at 1:30 PM at the Law and Justice Center, located at 615 S. 16th Ave. in Bozeman. Gallatin County Attorney Withdraws Notice of Intent to Seek Death Penalty in…
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1.26.23 Junction 16 Snowmobile Rescue
PRESS RELEASE INJURED SNOWMOBILER JUNCTION 16 On Thursday, January 26, 2023, the West Yellowstone Police Department dispatch center received a 911 call requesting assistance for a snowmobiler who had suffered a possible broken arm after striking a tree. The coordinates retrieved from the 911 call indicated that the incident was located southwest of West Yellowstone…
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1.25.23 Buck Ridge Snowmobile Rescue
PRESS RELEASE Buck Ridge Rescue On January 25, 2023, at 10:51 am, Gallatin County dispatch received a call that a snowmobiler had sustained a leg injury on Buck Ridge Trail near mile marker 13 in Big Sky. Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue Big Sky Section volunteers responded to the scene by snowmobile with a…