Mayor Jason Salamun has released his proposed 2027 City budget, highlighting a $25 million reduction in overall spending while proposing the largest road improvement investment in Rapid City history. The $312.3 million budget proposal, down 7.4% from the 2026 budget of $337.3 million, will be presented during a special...

Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was found unresponsive Sunday morning at a residence on Campbell Street. According to the Rapid City Police Department, officers were dispatched at approximately 6:30 a.m. on July 20 to the 1400 block of Campbell Street following a report of an unresponsive female....

A Florida man has been arrested following a shooting this morning in Meade County that left a woman with serious injuries, according to the Meade County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were dispatched at approximately 9:32 a.m. on July 20, 2026, to the 21000 block of Pleasant Valley Road after receiving a report of a person...

The National Interagency Fire Center has raised the nation's wildfire readiness status to Preparedness Level 5, the highest level on the national scale, as crews battle 78 large fires across the country and firefighting resources become increasingly stretched. Local fire officials say the designation affects South Dako...

The Hill City Area Chamber of Commerce is warning residents and businesses after a counterfeit $10 bill was reported circulating in Pennington County. Officials urge people to carefully inspect all cash denominations, noting that counterfeit detection pens are not always reliable and can produce false results. The Fede...

Mark Warner's GOP rivals demand SAVE Act support after ABC News anchor Jon Karl corrected the senator on Virginia's voter ID laws on live TV.

Michael Giddens opened a contractor fraud case in Howey-in-the-Hills but allegedly began sleeping with the suspect's wife while he was on-duty.

Japan's Do Hiemon personal cooling box is a 7-foot-tall stainless steel refrigerator for humans that blasts 41-degree air at users' heads for a cool $9,200.

State records reportedly list the $6.2 million Baby2Baby contract as "noncompetitively bid" despite Newsom's earlier claim that the process was competitive.

Trump invoked Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act for the first time in history, imposing 50% tariffs on Canadian goods from wine to hockey sticks.