Dialysis services at the Hot Springs VA Medical Center will resume after a months‑long pause, following the VA's decision to invest $1 million in upgraded water‑treatment equipment. Senator Mike Rounds said Thursday that VA Secretary Denis McDonough confirmed the funding during a phone call, noting the aging system...

Black Hills Energy is asking the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission to approve a major increase to its electric base rates. The utility filed its rate review request Thursday, seeking a roughly 25% hike that would affect about 76,700 customers and generate $50.6 million in additional revenue. The company says the...

Pennington County will proceed with a nearly $3 million remodel of its former administration building at 130 Kansas City Street after commissioners unanimously approved a $2.94 million bid from SECO Construction. The total project is estimated at just over $4.1 million. Most of the funding will come from the county's C...

A Rapid City man received a 15‑year suspended sentence and eight years of probation after firing a gun toward a woman and missing. Deshawn Charging, 21, was sentenced Thursday before Judge Heidi Linngren. According to a victim impact statement, the woman said Charging struck her with a handgun and then fired a round ...

The South Dakota Senate approved a bill Thursday that would require people to prove U.S. citizenship when registering to vote. The measure, Senate Bill 175, passed 28-6 and now heads to the House. Prime sponsor Sen. John Carley of Piedmont said an amendment added this week came at the request of the Secretary of State'...

President Donald Trump said in Washington that he expects to decide within 10 to 15 days whether the United States will carry out new military action ...

U.S. military commanders have informed the White House that forces in the Middle East could have a "potential strike window" as early as this Saturday...

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright conducted a high-stakes assessment of Venezuela's oil infrastructure this week, marking a seismic shift in the ener...

The Pentagon accelerated a strategic military buildup in the Middle East this week, positioning high-level naval and air assets as Washington increase...

Investigators provided a major update Monday in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, as a forensic breakthrough has shifted the focus of th...