Secretary Kempthorne Will Open Yellowstone Visitor Center

   On Friday, August 25, ex-Idaho governor and now Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne will help Yellowstone National Park celebrate the 90th anniversary of the National Park Service and christen the park’s new Canyon Visitor Education Center, the first major visitor center development in the park in more than 30 years.  A full day of activities is planned to celebrate the...

Moose sightings are up all across the caldera

By ELIZABETH LADEN

Northern Exposure, the popular 1990’s television series, had nothing on Island Park — not in the moose...

Yellowstone’s Stinky and Magpie Fires flare up

    Both the Stinky and Magpie Fires became active Tuesday afternoon, each burning an additional 58 acres.  The Stinky Fire is now at 231 acres and is burning in the backcountry 19 miles southeast of Tower Junction, growing from 173 acres on Monday.  The Magpie Fire, 7 miles east of Madison Junction, is now at 1,902 acres.  It was mapped at 1,844...