For immediate release: July 31, 2025  Media contact: Eric Paulson, Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy epaulson@gallatin.mt.gov 406-582-2100    Meet Your Gallatin County First Responders at National Night Out  Join Gallatin County and first responders from across the area for National Night Out in Bozeman on Tuesday, Aug. 5 from 5 to 8 PM…

For immediate release: July 22, 2025 The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office is assisting the Manhattan Police Department in a missing/endangered child investigation. Elizabeth Dundas was last seen on the evening of Monday July 21, 2025 around 10:30 P.M. in the area of east Manhattan, Montana. She is believed to be driving a 2019 black Nissan…

For immediate release: July 21, 2025 Sheriff Dan Springer invites the public to the presentation of the Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (MSPOA), Medal of Merit award ceremony on Tuesday 22 July 2025 at 10 a.m. at the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office, Detention Center Community Room located at 605 S. 16th Ave. in Bozeman.…

For immediate release: July 21, 2025 At approximately 1:41 p.m. on July 18, 2025, West Yellowstone Dispatch received a call regarding a possible airplane crash. The U.S. Department of Transportation Aero Division reported that an aircraft that had departed the West Yellowstone Airport with three people on board just before midnight on the night of…

On July 14, 2025 at 1:18PM, Gallatin County 911 Dispatch was notified of an individual who had fallen into Bozeman Creek in Sourdough Canyon and was bleeding from a leg injury. Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue Valley team responded to the Sourdough Trailhead and accessed the subject via side-by-side ATVs. The individual was…

For immediate release: July 15, 2025 Media contact: Scott Randall, Robert Peccia & Associates srandall@rpa-hln.com 406-447-5005 Gallatin County Seeks Input on Draft Engineering Report for Intersection Improvements  Gallatin County has released the Draft Preliminary Engineering Report for the Gallatin County Intersection Improvements Project, which evaluates potential improvements at three critical intersections on County roads between…

For Immediate Release: July 12, 2025 At approximately 10:28 p.m. on Saturday, July 12, 2025, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single-vehicle crash involving four occupants near 90 Lone Mountain Trail in Big Sky. Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Montana Highway Patrol and Big Sky Fire personnel arrived on scene, locating a vehicle…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On June 30, 2025, at 12:22 pm, Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue – Big Sky Section was called to Ousel Falls Trailhead for a cardiac arrest with bystander CPR in progress. SAR volunteers, Gallatin County Sheriff’s Deputies, and Big Sky Fire Department responded to the scene, which was approximately 0.5 miles…

The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team will be conducting a large-scale search operation in the Bear Canyon and New World Gulch areas this Saturday and Sunday, June 28–29. This effort continues the search for David Butzin, who was first reported missing on November 10, 2024. The operation will involve ground teams, search dogs,…

For immediate release: June 26, 2025  Media contact: Whitney Bermes, Gallatin County Communications Coordinator 406-595-8963 (cell) whitney.bermes@gallatin.mt.gov   Gallatin County Commission to Hold Public Hearing on Draft Camping Ordinance  The Gallatin County Commission will discuss the future of camping on public property and rights-of-way in unincorporated areas of Gallatin County at its next public meeting on…