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Time and care: West Yellowstone voters to consider creating hospital district

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Homes dot the landscape surrounding Hebgen Lake on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. The proposed Hebgen Basin Hospital District would closely match the boundaries of the existing Hebgen Basin Fire District.

Time is crucial during a medical emergency.

In West Yellowstone, the closest emergency medical center is a 50-mile drive to Big Sky.


That means that in an emergency medical situation, or even follow-up care, tourists and year-round residents may have to travel at least an hour — if the weather is good — to get medical care.

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A car drives down Canyon Street in West Yellowstone on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

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Lindsey Charlton, one of the five members on the board of trustees for the proposed Hebgen Basin Hospital District, is pictured in the Town of West Yellowstone offices on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

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Kenny Jones, one of the five members on the board of trustees for the proposed Hebgen Basin Hospital District, is pictured in West Yellowstone on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

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Hebgen Basin Fire District Chief Shane Grube said that during the peak of the tourism season in the summer, he has enough people to fully-staff two of the three ambulances operated by the department.

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Gallatin County Commissioner Zach Brown asks a question during a meeting on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

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