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We have a report from the field about the Beach Fire in Yellowstone National Park: As of an hour ago the forest fire has expanded past 150 acres as gusty winds have pushed flames to surrounding areas, but a projected late-afternoon rain and the continuing presence of fire fighters is containing its spread.

A federal grant could help Park County set up a new emergency operations center in Cooke City, bringing some sorely needed law enforcement to the remote Montana community northeast of Yellowstone National Park.

Fueled by heavy winds and light humidity, the Yellowstone National Park Beach Fire has rapidly spread to over 150 acres in size despite efforts from firefighters to contain the blaze; they'll work again today to suppress its spread.

The fire danger in Yellowstone National Park has been low to moderate in recent days, but that's not stopped fires from breaking out in the Park. Today an aircraft spotted a small fire in the south-central section of the Park.

It's a hike, but a local writer is reporting that the cutthroats are biting on the Yellowstone River in the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone. The only issue: Getting back there.

The boardwalk at Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit Basin, closed for the last 14 weeks, is now reopened after a construction job from the National Park Service and the Youth Conservation Corps.

Two deaths in three days in Yellowstone National Park, as a 65-year-old angler from Iowa was killed after he slipped whole dishing in the Yellowstone River and was carried downstream by the current.

Ten grizzly bears have been killed this year in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, but experts say that pace is normal and almost identical to the number tallied last year.

Another motorcyclist was killed in Yellowstone National Park when his motorcycle crossed the center line and collided head-on with another vehicle on the Grand Loop Road between Norris and Mammoth Hot Springs, the second such fatality this summer. A young girl riding with him was injured and is stable condition.

The Doane Fire, located south of the East Entrance near Yellowstone Lake, has stopped kicking up smoke and is most likely done.