Author Archives: Jim Kallas

Rapid City issued 158 building permits in November worth more than $21.2 million, the city's second-highest November in six years. So far in 2025, the city has approved 2,236 permits valued at $378.6 ...

A Pine Ridge man has been sentenced to three years and 10 months in federal prison for a drunk-driving crash that killed a woman. Kevin Hunter, 33, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after dri...

The City of Sturgis netted more than $1.2 million from the 2025 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, according to a financial analysis presented Monday. City Administrator Aaron Jordan said the rally generated $...

U.S. Senator Mike Rounds has nominated Emma Kinyon, a senior at Rapid City Stevens High School, to the U.S. Naval Academy. Kinyon, daughter of Jason Kinyon and Megan Byrd, is a 3.9 GPA student active ...

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...

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 Ulri...

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 p...

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 mis...

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...

Tribal leaders across the U.S., are voicing frustration after learning that more than a dozen Native American education programs are being shifted to other federal departments without prior consultati...