Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

A bill aimed at restricting child marriage in South Dakota advanced Thursday after lawmakers added a new requirement limiting the age gap between minors and their partners to no more than four years. ...

The South Dakota House will soon decide whether to add new campaignfinance limits for statewide officeholders. The House State Affairs Committee advanced HB 1278 on an 8-4 vote Wednesday. The bill, sp...

A South Dakota House committee has advanced a bill that would require mobile app stores to verify users' ages and obtain parental approval before minors can download apps. The House State Affairs Comm...

A South Dakota House committee has killed a bill that would have ended the death penalty in the state. The House Judiciary Committee sent house to the 41st day Wednesday - defeated on a 10-to-1 vote. ...

The South Dakota Senate on Wednesday again rejected Sen. Chris Karr's plan to make the temporary 4.2% sales tax permanent. After a 17-17 tie on Tuesday, the bill failed 16-17 on reconsideration. The d...

The Rapid City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved $44 million in Vision Fund money to expand the Rapid City Regional Airport terminal. The project will add five gates to ease crowding during peak...

Day four of testimony in the trial for a 2022 Surfwood Drive double homicide focused on an accomplice's account and largely inconclusive DNA evidence. Chase Quick Bear, who took a plea deal, testified...

A proposal to impose a oneyear moratorium on building or expanding hyperscale data centers failed in the Senate State Affairs Committee Wednesday. Sen. Taffy Howard's bill, SB 232, first saw a failed ...

The Sturgis City Council held extensive discussion Tuesday on proposed changes to its residential camping ordinance, prompted by complaints received last year. Mayor Kevin Forrester said camping activ...

A singlevehicle rollover late Tuesday night on Highway 16 sent one person to the hospital and caused substantial damage to state property. Rockerville responders and Keystone Ambulance arrived shortly...