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State officials say that besides ensuring access, the easement would conserve habitat for big game, waterfowl, upland game birds and nongame wildlife.

Gallatin County Sheriff's Captain Jim Anderson was floating the Yellowstone River with his family when the accident occurred. His wife died at the scene, and his son went missing. His son James' body has now been located.

The Billings Gazette reports that Stillwater County rescue divers are waiting for safer river conditions to follow up on a lead regarding missing 20-year-old Columbus man Brandon Fitch, who was last seen on June 18 when he fell into the Yellowstone River at Reed Point...

Q2 reports that Yellowstone County law enforcement responded to Two Moon Park after several reports of a body seen floating in the Yellowstone River on Sunday afternoon. Sgt. Ryan Taylor confirmed that the body was discovered at around 3 p...

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks officials are breathing a sigh of relief after investigating the death of several hundred whitefish in the Yellowstone River this week.

The discovery of numerous dead fish in the Yellowstone River near Livingston this week has Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks biologists on alert.  Fisheries manager Travis Horton at FWP Region 3 in Bozeman said there isn’t enough information now to determine if the latest fish deaths are disease related...

Four people were rescued from the Yellowstone River Monday.  According to Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Sgt. Dan Paris, the situation could have turned deadly.  KTVQ.com reports that deputies responded to a call of three people– two juveniles and one adult– stranded near the Washington Street bridge on the Yellowstone River on Monday evening at around 6:30...

For many years, the states of Montana and Wyoming have been battling over water from the Yellowstone River, but now the U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Montana in the dispute.

A pickup truck crashed into the Yellowstone River on Monday night, and authorities pulled an unresponsive woman from the river who was pulling a stolen trailer, and being chased by police.  The 33-year-old woman was reportedly not breathing when emergency rescue searchers pulled her out about 25 minutes after the pickup was seen entering the river...

After five years of negotiations, the State of Montana has finally reached a settlement with ExxonMobile over a busted pipeline that gushed oil into the Yellowstone River back in 2011.