Since the government shutdown, National Park Rangers are issuing trespassing citations to people found inside the parks.
Spokesperson for Yellowstone National Park, Al Nash said the park has issued a few written citations.
Boundary patrol employees still remain on-duty even though the park is shutdown. Nash said rangers always make sure people know the park is closed before issuing a citation.
"If somebody comes to the gate, they are staffed and we are telling people their closed," said Nash. "If our rangers come upon somebody in the park, our first approach is to tell them that they are in the park and the park is closed."
Nash adds the park's priority is to maintain a safe environment for those who live in the park and do their best to protect Yellowstone.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is opening the door for the U.S. to sell missile defense and other weapons systems to a group of U.S.-friendly Gulf nations. The move is intended to help counter Iran's ballistic...
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel opened the door for the U.S. to sell missile defense and other weapons systems to U.S.-friendly Gulf nations, with an eye toward boosting their abilities to counter Iran's ballistic...
Bob Dylan's sunburst Fender Stratocaster made rock history when he played it at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Now it is again set to make news when it goes on the auction block, where it could sell for half a...
Like Elvis' no-hips-allowed appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," or the Beatles' arrival in America, or Woodstock, it is considered one of the milestone moments in rock history: Bob Dylan going electric at the...
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer Justin Timberlake may have earned seven Grammy nominations, but he still has reason to cry himself a river: The pop star was shut out of the top Grammy categories...
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer Justin Timberlake may have earned seven Grammy nominations, but he still has reason to cry himself a river: The pop star was shut out of the top Grammy categories - album,...
For the first time since the war, Alvis Taylor returned to Pearl Harbor and recalled the surprise Japanese air attack that plunged America into World War II.
For the first time since the war, Alvis Taylor returned to Pearl Harbor and recalled the surprise Japanese air attack that plunged America into World War II.
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Whitefish school officials say the show will go on. This despite the fact that the American Civil Liberties Union and the Freedom From Religion Foundation are asking the Whitefish school district
Whitefish school officials say the show will go on.
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The Dillon Beavers high school football team will be playing in the state championship game on Saturday in Billings. While the squad of course wants to call themselves state champs, they also want to win
The Dillon Beavers high school football team will be playing in the state championship game on Saturday in Billings. While the squad of course wants to call themselves state champs, they also want to win
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At least five hundred pets are making a life-saving trip to the northwest from southern California. Today is the third time the Wings of Rescue is taking pets from overcrowded shelters in southern California, where
At least five hundred pets are making a life-saving trip to the northwest from southern California.
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Seventy-three University of Montana psychology students presented posters of their semester's worth of work on family violence issues. The students spent the semester working with local organizations to
Seventy-three University of Montana psychology students presented posters of their semester's worth of work on family violence issues.
Thalia, the Mexican-born pop star and actress, is covering the U.S. coasts, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles and landing her own fashion line at Macy's stores, including the Herald...
Thalia, the Mexican-born pop star and actress, is covering the U.S. coasts, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles and landing her own fashion line at Macy's stores, including the Herald Square...
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Griz players are getting ready for what could be the coldest game in history at the Washington-Grizzly Stadium, but the players aren't the only ones preparing for the big game. There's fans, and
Griz players are getting ready for what could be the coldest game in history at the Washington-Grizzly Stadium, but the players aren't the only ones preparing for the big game.
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The Griz have a handful of new faces on this years squad. One of them is junior college transfer Chris Kemp, who says his adjustment to Big Sky country has been nothing short of spectacular. "I love
The Griz have a handful of new faces on this years squad. One of them is junior college transfer Chris Kemp, who says his adjustment to Big Sky country has been nothing short of spectacular.
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Lincoln County Undersheriff, Brent Faulkner, says the man shot in a hunting accident Saturday, November 16 around the Libby Creek area is in critical, but stable, condition at Kalispell Regional Medical
Lincoln County Undersheriff, Brent Faulkner, says the man shot in a hunting accident Saturday, November 16 around the Libby Creek area is in critical, but stable, condition at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.
