County Commission appoints Dan Springer in unanimous vote GALLATIN MEDIA CENTER BOZEMAN – In a unanimous vote on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 23, the Gallatin...
Town Crier “Briefs from the Region” (2) – 2/9/21 On Feb. 4, longtime Gallatin County Sherriff Brian Gootkin was unanimously approved to take charge of Montana’s Department...
EBS STAFF Editor’s note: this article has been updated to provide the application timeline and information. BOZEMAN – At a regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 11,...
By Bella Butler EBS STAFF BIG SKY – Part of working in emergency planning is dealing with hypotheticals—considering the perfect storms of cataclysmic disasters that aren’t...
GALLATIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WEST YELLOWSTONE — On Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office arrested James Sasser Jr., Patricia Batts, and a juvenile...
EBS STAFF Hiking may seem like a relatively safe outdoor activity compared to more extreme sports like downhill mountain biking or whitewater kayaking, but unexpected situations...
MISSOULA (AP) – A sheriff’s deputy was killed early Tuesday in a shootout that prompted a pre-dawn pursuit that lasted 140 miles across southwestern Montana. The chase ended...
By Amanda Eggert EBS Senior Editor BIG SKY – Two suspects have been apprehended in the early morning shooting of a Broadwater County Sheriff Deputy near Three...
By Amanda Eggert EBS Senior Editor BIG SKY – On April 6, various Big Sky organizations and boards made a case for county funding for projects...
By Joseph T. O’Connor Explore Big Sky Managing Editor A shorter version of this interview, edited for brevity, appeared in the May 1 issue of the...