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Yellowstone Insider editors bring you up-to-the-minute information about what's happening at Yellowstone National Park.

Walk out to winter: Beartooth Highway closing Oct. 7 at 8 a.m.

Winter is in the air, especially on the Beartooth Highway, which will close early for the season on Oct. 7 at 8 a.m.

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Yellowstone visitor suffers serious burns while saving dog

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Some sad news: Yesterday a 20-year-old woman from Washington suffered significant thermal burns between her shoulders and feet while rescuing her dog from Maiden’s Grave Spring. UPDATE: The dog did not make it.

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Body recovered at Shoshone Lake; search on for brother

Shoshone Lake

Some sad fall Yellowstone news: after two brothers were reported missing after a planned four-night backcountry trip to Shoshone Lake, one body was recovered yesterday and the search continues for the other.

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Concessions employee suffers serious burns at Old Faithful

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A 19-year-old concessions employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to 5 percent of her body during an early-morning incident Thursday.

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Authorities ask for help in Gabby Petito case

Gabby Petito

With plenty of open questions about the whereabouts of Gabby Petito as she and her boyfriend planned a trip to Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park, authorities are asked for the public’s help.

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Low water levels force Jackson Lake marina closures

Jackson Lake marina closures

Low water levels have forced early Jackson Lake marina closures, as drought conditions throughout the west impact Grand Teton National Park.

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CT woman sentenced for walking on Norris Geyser Basin thermal ground

Busy Boardwalk at Norris Geyser Basin.

Your latest entry on the Yellowstone National Park crime blotter: a Connecticut woman was sentenced to seven days in jail and $2,040 for walking on Norris Geyser Basin thermal ground.

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Grand Teton sets June visitation record

With Yellowstone setting a June visitation record, it’s no surprise we also saw a Grand Teton June 2021 visitation record, with an estimated 752,114 recreation visits.

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2021 Yellowstone fishing restrictions now in place

Yellowstone cutthroat trout

The National Park Service has imposed 2021 Yellowstone fishing restrictions in this hot, dry summer, due to high-water temperatures and unprecedented low stream flows.

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Yellowstone Air Quality Alert in place

Yellowstone National Park

A Yellowstone Air Quality Alert is in place, as the National Park and much of the surrounding area is facing air-quality issues to due to smoke from Pacific Northwest wildfires.

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