West Yellowstone News

Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2009 09-051 Al Nash or Stacy Vallie 344-2015 A series of public meetings has been scheduled to update area residents with information on travel delays and road closures due to construction taking place in Yellowstone National Park this summer.

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Many of Yellowstone's bison carry brucellosis , which can cause pregnant animals to miscarry.

Wildlife officials said Thursday a female grizzly bear that attacked a lone hiker near West Yellowstone was probably protecting her cub and a chunk of meat she had buried near the trail.

A spokeswoman for the Gallatin National Forest says the 34-year-old man suffered bite wounds to his head, shoulders, arms, torso and one leg.

'On the Road Again: Montana's Changing Landscape,' a new exhibit in Livingston contrasts historic photos from the 1920s and 1930s with contemporary images of Montana roadways taken by William Wyckoff.

I was at Bernice's once and overheard a UM student telling her mother, "We're more ... Viewfinder Armando Rivas takes a break from working at the Top Hat to slay a swollen Brennan's Wave Tuesd ... etc Losing money stinks - and we're not talking about the measly $50 you lost to Wayne's ... Ochenski What a difference a few years makes.

May 18, 2009 - Delaware North Companies has purchased Holiday Inn West Yellowstone, a 123-room, full-service hotel located less than a mile from an entrance to Yellowstone National Park.

Agencies mobilize to disrupt the animals' natural movement ISLAND PARK - Wild bison cows and their newborn calves appear to be following an ancient migration trail from Montana to Island Park this week, but government officials have mobilized to force the animals to turn around and head to Yellowstone Park.

Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2009 09-028 Al Nash or Stacy Vallie 344-2015 Contract Award For Gibbon Canyon Road Project Expected Soon Public meetings on the project set throughout the region The Federal Highway Administration is expected to award a contract soon to rebuild ...

With any luck, you might spot a sandhill crane in Yellowstone during this weekend's celebration of International Migratory Bird Day.

Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2009 09-026 Al Nash or Stacy Vallie 344-2015 International Migratory Bird Day is an annual event to celebrate and support migratory bird conservation.

Numerous rain showers and scattered thunderstorms were expected Monday along a storm system running from the Gulf of Mexico across the Southeast to the mid-Atlantic.

The heaviest precipitation was expected in the mid-Atlantic, bringing flooding especially near creeks, streams and rivers. Stronger thunderstorms were to bring the risk of high winds and hail.

In the West, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms were expected through the Intermountain West, the Rockies and into the Plains. Snow was expected in the highest elevations.

Here in Michigan, high-velocity physical interaction between motor vehicles and hoofed mammals is an all-too-common occurrence.

Maureen Edgerton, 51, of West Yellowstone, Mt., was driving home April 11, when she crashed her 2007 Ford Fusion into a herd of bison.

Proving a town divided, Craig residents split 17-17 on a proposal to create a 3 percent resort tax that would pay for a new sewer system.

Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2009 09-019 Al Nash or Stacy Vallie 344-2015 Public Meetings On Park Road Projects Scheduled For Bozeman And West Yellowstone The first in a series of public meetings has been scheduled to give area residents information on road construction ...

Fits Ford Ranger and similar trucks, like new, paid $1250, wil sell for $750 - firm.

John J. Waldner, 70, of Fairhaven Colony, a retired secretary and shoe cobbler, died of cancer Saturday at his home.

CHESTER - Keri and Justin VanCampen grew up in small Montana communities and wanted to raise their family in the same type of environment.