The Rapid City Council has approved new regulations for short-term vacation rentals after an 8-2 vote. Under the ordinance, properties must provide two parking spaces, matching requirements for single-family homes. Occupancy is capped at two people per bedroom plus two additional guests, a measure designed to preserve ...

After more than two decades, there's been a major development in the disappearance of Beverly Ozuna-Ulrich, a Belle Fourche mother of eight who vanished in 2003. Her estranged husband, Steven Lee Ulrich, was arrested on Nov. 25 and is being held in the Meade County Jail on first- and second-degree murder charges. Bever...

Three West River lawmakers are proposing stronger mining laws after residents of Piedmont learned through a newspaper notice that a 300-acre limestone mine had been approved without local input. The project, planned by Simon Contractors of Wyoming, was authorized under the state's sand and gravel licensing system, whic...

Voters in Deadwood head to the polls today for a special election to decide whether Commissioner Joseph Blake will be recalled. A petition filed Sept. 30 with 170 valid signatures accused Blake of misconduct, abuse of office, and other offenses tied to a 2024 incident. His name will appear on the ballot alongside chall...

The Pennington County Sheriff's Office will host its second "warrants holiday" today, giving people with outstanding warrants a chance to turn themselves in without paying the usual $25 processing fee. Self turn-ins will be accepted from 7-9 a.m. at the Pennington County Law Enforcement Center, with court app...

The White House confirmed that the U.S. carried out a second strike on a suspected Venezuelan drug boat on Sept. 2. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Secretary Of Defense Pete Hegseth authorized Adm. Frank M. Bradley to conduct the attack, which ki...

Rahmanullah Lakanwal the Afghan national charged with shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., previously served in a CIA-supported "zero unit" in Afghanistan. These elite teams worked with U.S. forces to target Taliban leaders and were...

The FBI is reportedly arranging interviews with six Democratic lawmakers featured in a video urging military and intelligence officials to reject illegal orders. Four House members-Reps. Jason Crow, Maggie Goodlander, Chris Deluzio, and Chrissy Houlaha...

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James that President Trump had ordered the DOJ to pursue. District Judge Cameron Currie ruled that interim U.S. Attorney Lind...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia denied reports she plans to run for president. Her comments came days after she announced her intention to resign from Congress in January following a split with President Trump. Greene criticized the demands of...