Welcome to the Gallatin Valley Montana Journal Blog

Yellowstone Net, my primary Internet business, has been headquartered in the Gallatin Valley since the 1990s, but only within the past year have I taken up blogging. Today marks the beginning of my effort to document various and sundry happenings in the larger Bozeman area - some noteworthy in general, others personal in nature, and still others just plain funny.

For starters, I was recently appointed to the Yellowstone Country Committee of Gallatin County. This is my first foray into public service, per se. Montana, a major tourist destination, is divided into six tourism regions. Yellowstone Country, of course, includes counties located in the area of Montana closest to Yellowstone National Park: Gallatin, Sweet Grass, Park, Stillwater and Carbon. In addition to Yellowstone, there are many other tourist attractions in this area, some of which I will likely comment on in future posts. I look forward to serving on the Gallatin County committee.

But for now, I want to share with you two police reports printed in today's Bozeman Daily Chronicle. The daily police reports, reflecting the small town that Bozeman still is (a booming small town, but a small town nonetheless), often provide me a good laugh (I suspect that some are chosen by the Chronicle for just this very purpose).

From the Bozeman Police report:

* A bird on North Rouse Avenue was injured. An officer picked it up and started to take it to the veterinarian's office, but on the way, the bird appeared to be feeling OK. It was set free and flew away.

From the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office report:

* A deputy on Coral Drive spotted a dog chasing a chicken. The dog didn't harm the chicken. The dog owner was warned.

Yep. Makes me laugh. I'll be listing more humorous police reports in future blogs. But for now, welcome to my blog, and I hope you'll come back from time to time.