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• Saskatchewan man identified as avalanche victim

  February 23, 2012 9:11 PM

  BILLINGS - New details emerge into Wednesday's avalanche near Cooke City that killed one snowmobiler. The avalanche struck around 12:30p.m. Wednesday along the groomed trail to Daisy Pass, north of Cooke City. Four snowmobilers from Saskatchewan, Canada were caught in the slide. Today, Park County authorities identified the... more »

• Backcountry Avalanche Warning

  February 23, 2012 4:56 PM

  Avalanche Warning URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED AVALANCHE WARNING GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 522 AM MST THU FEB 23 2012 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER. ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 23... more »

• Beartooth Highway open to Montana / Wyoming state line

  June 1, 2011 11:52 PM

  BILLINGS - The Montana Department of Highways reports that the Beartooth Pass is now open to the Montana/Wyoming state line. The roadway is mostly dry. The Pass is still closed on the Wyoming side so motorists still need to find an alternate route to Cooke City. It is... more »

• Road From Mammoth to Lamar Valley, Cooke City Reopened

  June 1, 2011 9:55 PM

  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WY. - Yellowstone National Park officials announced late Wednesday that the road from Mammoth Hot Springs through the Lamar Valley to Cooke City, Montana, has reopened to traffic, following a rock slide that closed the road May 28. Park geologists and road maintenance crews, along with... more »

• Businesses outside Yellowstone National Park bracing for possibility of government shutdown

  April 6, 2011 9:34 PM

  GARDINER, Mont. - With the possibility of a government shutdown looming, people who work outside the gates of Yellowstone National Park are growing nervous about how it could impact their businesses. The White House and Republican leaders in Washington reported they have made some progress on averting a partial... more »

• Montana DEQ scraps mine waste hauling plan

  December 22, 2010 10:43 AM

  BOZEMAN - Montana officials have dropped a plan to haul 69,000 tons of mine waste along a 360-mile route from Cooke City for re-processing at Golden Sunlight Mine in Whitehall. Department of Environmental Quality Director Richard Opper says the waste instead will be processed at an onsite disposal pit... more »

• Plans dropped to haul mine waste along scenic highway

  December 21, 2010 11:07 PM

  BILLINGS - Montana officials have dropped a plan to haul 69,000 tons of mine waste along a 360 mile route from Cooke City to Whitehall. Department of Environmental Quality Director Richard Opper said Tuesday that the waste instead will be processed at an onsite disposal pit near Cooke City.... more »

• Bears orphaned after fatal attack make ZooMontana debut

  December 17, 2010 5:50 PM

  BILLINGS - Looking healthier but still skittish from their wild upbringing, three orphaned grizzly bears that took part in a fatal campground rampage outside Yellowstone National Park made their public debut Friday at a Montana zoo. A dozen preschoolers watched as the young bears - nicknamed Dolly, Loulou and Koda... more »

• Winter Storm Warning continues

  October 25, 2010 8:20 PM

  ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF...COOKE CITY 329 PM MDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY ABOVE 7500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 7500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY. *... more »

• Bear mauling investigation takes a new turn

  August 3, 2010 7:22 PM

  The investigation into last week's fatal grizzly bear mauling near Cooke City now involves allegations that a photographer may have been baiting wildlife near the Northeast Entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Q2 News received a tip from a viewer about the "baiting allegations" last week. The viewer, told Q2... more »

• UPDATE: 4th bear caught after deadly MT campground attack Play Video

  July 29, 2010 11:11 AM

  UPDATE: COOKE CITY, MT - The last grizzly bear believed involved in the fatal mauling of a Michigan man at a campground near Yellowstone National Park has been captured, and Montana wildlife officials are awaiting DNA tests to confirm their suspicions. A sow and two of her three cubs had... more »

• Survivor of bear attack says she played dead Play Video

  July 29, 2010 10:27 AM

  COOKE CITY, MT - A woman who was attacked by a bear in the middle of the night at a busy campground was bitten on her arm and leg before she instinctively played dead so the animal would leave her alone, she said Thursday. At least one bear rampaged through... more »

• UPDATE: Victim of deadly Montana bear attack identified Play Video

  July 28, 2010 10:18 AM

  COOKE CITY, MT - A mother grizzly and two of her three cubs have been captured after killing a Michigan man and injuring two other people during an overnight rampage through a campground near Yellowstone National Park. The sow, estimated to weigh 300 to 400 pounds, was lured into a... more »

• Billings man killed in avalanche identified Play Video

  January 3, 2010 10:40 PM

  PARK COUNTY, MT - Park County officials have identified a Billings man killed in an avalanche near Cooke City Sunday, as 33-year-old Scott Hall Herren. Coroner Al Jenkins says he died from suffocation after being buried in snow. Early Sunday afternoon, Herren and another snow-mobiler were caught up in an... more »