The message of constantly changing weather was driven home on Memorial Day Weekend in Yellowstone National Park (YNP). A large snowstorm crossed major mountain passes and caused closures of some entrances during the beginning of the highly anticipated weekend.
The evening of June 2 saw the results of the 2020 Primary Election from mostly mail-in ballots. Specific to Big Sky, resident Troy Downing secured a spot on the Republican ticket for State Auditor.
Results are listed below as total votes counted and percentage of votes secured.
Ballots cast total: 38,869
Microgrants totalling $192,500 have been distributed to 57 local small businesses, Big Sky Chamber CEO Candace Carr Strauss explained during a recent Big Sky Relief update.
Before this Memorial Day, violent encounters between man and grizzly bear had not existed for 23 years in the Big Sky area – since the mauling of two people in 1997, according to Morgan Jacobson, Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) Information and Education Program Manager, Region 3.
Nearly one million motorcyclists from across the United States and Canada polish their chrome, don their biker gear and set out for a grueling journey to bring the thunder to D.C. – a journey that for many proves life changing. I met then Rolling Thunder Chapter 1, MO.
Montana Free Press created a comprehensive guideline to inform voters about candidates and races in the June 2 primary. Links to candidate websites and social media accounts, answers to questions on key issues, campaign finance data and elections headlines from around the state were compiled.
Graduating Class of 2020 – You have already demonstrated that you have grit. Weathering all the changes and challenges of finishing your high school careers in the midst of a pandemic could not have been easy.
On Tuesday May 12, 2020 at 11:15 a.m. a 68-year-old Big Sky resident David Green was found deceased inside his garage.
The May 12 Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office response to a cardiac/respiratory arrest call has led to an ongoing investigation of a death off of Curley Bear Road, according to a Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office dispatch report and Gallatin County Sheriff Brian Gootkin. Once on the scene, deputies discovered a victim with a head injury.
A person has been cited for obstructing a death investigation in Big Sky. The individual’s name as well as a photograph of his van were found at the scene of the death investigation on Curley Bear Road. The defendant was tracked to Silverbow Condominiums on May 12, when he allegedly refused to cooperate and resisted arrest.