Gallatin County News

BOZEMAN - Gallatin County health officials are stumped as to why there was so little demand for H1N1 flu shots at a recent clinic.

The Gallatin County Self-Help Law Center located in the front lobby of the Law and Justice Center has extended its hours.

Gallatin County officials say one man is dead and several other people were displaced after an apartment fire in Bozeman.

Christmas tree permits are now available in Gallatin County. Permits for cutting your own tree, maps, road access updates and tree species identification guides are available at all Gallatin Forest Ranger District offices.

Two men who witnessed an incident outside a Bozeman bar last year that left one man bloody and gasping for air took the stand Friday in Gallatin County District Court and told jurors about what they saw that night.

Three months after the fact, the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office has released the final tally of costs associated with President Barack Obama's 36-hour August visit to Gallatin County.

The trial of a 28-year-old Bozeman man accused of severely beating a man behind a Bozeman bar has begun in Gallatin County District Court.

A WINTER STORM WARNING continues for the Gallatin, Madison and Absaroka Ranges. Also included under the Winter Storm Warning are Bozeman, Ennis, Twin Bridges, Big Sky and West Yellowstone, over a foot of snow is possible.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Cascade, Fergus, Judith Basin and Meagher counties from 11 PM Wednesday night until 5 PM Thursday afternoon.

The battleground has been set, a stretch of road along Highway 191 in Gallatin Canyon leading to Big Sky.

Until recently, the H1N1 vaccine was in short supply, but in the past couple of weeks, health officials said they have seen a steady increase in the frequency and number of the vaccine.

The deadline for turning in ballots for Tuesday's election is Tuesday night at 8:00. Gallatin County Election Officer, Charlotte Mills said her office still has a lot of unreturned mail-in ballots.

Standing on the steps of the Willson School, two young boys stood before hundreds of people and chanted: "Up with love! Down with hate!" Their chants began softly then grew louder, encouraged as voices from the crowd joined in.

Broadwater and Gallatin County law enforcement have detained two individuals who fled on foot in Three Forks after a traffic stop.

The wintry weather caused dozens of accidents and slide-offs from Butte to Bozeman on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A woman from Gallatin County has been issued Montana's first license to grow hemp.

Delays in getting the seasonal flu vaccine have forced the Gallatin County-City Health Department to suspend its flu clinics this month.

In an effort to offset a recent public demonstration by a handful of white supremacists, some Bozeman activists are staging a hate-free rally on Saturday.

The Montana Republican Party is in debt to the tune of $4,475, according to campaign finance recoreds, but the party's chairman says the state GOP will need to raise "$700 a day every day for 12 months" to meet its bills.

The family of a woman who was killed in a natural gas explosion in downtown Bozeman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against NorthWestern Energy.