Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

South Dakota's Board of Regents is expected to vote on a major policy shift that would permit faculty and students to carry concealed weapons-including pistols, stun guns, mace, and pepper spray-on pu...

Rapid City Area Schools are bracing for potential financial strain as the South Dakota Department of Education implements new austerity measures. The district is already grappling with a $20 million b...

Three Rapid City residents sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle rollover crash east of Spearfish. According to preliminary information from the Sou...

The Pennington County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to extend the administration building's work week from four to five days. Currently open Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., the o...

A new federal defense authorization bill includes major wins for South Dakota, according to U.S. Senator Mike Rounds. The legislation allocates $3.5 billion for the B-21 bomber program and $378 millio...

South Dakota ended Fiscal Year 2025 with a $63 million surplus-marking the fourth consecutive year of declining surpluses. Governor Larry Rhoden remains optimistic, framing the slowdown as a return to...

A Meade County Sheriff's Deputy arrested a juvenile motorcyclist Tuesday after clocking the teen at 117 mph on I-90 near Summerset. The rider was weaving through traffic westbound before exiting at Ex...

Veronica Ortega, 48, of Box Elder, and Paige Sierra, 53, of Rapid City, have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. Ortega received 24 years and...

Deadwood Police are investigating the death of a man found early Monday morning on a hillside near two local hotels. At approximately 7:34 a.m. on July 14, officers after receiving a report of a possi...

After a delay of more than a month, the recount for Rapid City's Area 6 school board race has been rescheduled. Both candidates confirmed the rescheduled recount will take place Thursday, at 1pm in th...