Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

Black Hills National Forest officials plan to proceed today with a prescribed burn in the Anti-Horse project area after re-evaluating conditions. The burn site is about 18 miles west of Custer and 5 m...

A northwest breeze is pushing smoke from the Silver Mountain Fire toward Highway 16, South Rockerville Road, and Neck Yoke Road this morning. Fire officials say stump holes inside the fire line are st...

Following the news of better than expected state revenues, leaders of both parties are looking for the best ways to put the extra money to use. Senator Jim Mehlhaff says Republicans are focusing on pr...

A California man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for attempting to produce child pornography following an undercover investigation in South Dakota. Juan Pedro Gobea, 34, of Thermal, C...

A Pine Ridge man has been sentenced to 19 years and seven months in federal prison for his role in a meth trafficking conspiracy and for possessing a firearm during a drug crime, the U.S. Attorney's O...

An attorney for Walter Mousseau has asked for a new trial, arguing prosecutors introduced false evidence during the insanity phase of his 2025 murder trial. Mousseau, 30, was convicted of second-degre...

A prosecutor says a teenager once charged in a 2022 double homicide at Rapid City's Knollwood Heights Apartments was misidentified. Then17yearold Robert Yellow Bird was initially arrested and indicted...

South Dakota health officials say influenza activity continues to climb, with 10,795 confirmed flu cases reported so far in the 2025-2026 season, according to the state's Influenza Dashboard. The dash...

A former Rapid City athlete was killed Wednesday morning in a bus crash involving the Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team in rural Calhoun County, Iowa. The victim was identified as Carter John...

UPDATE: FRIDAY 8:00 a.m. (MT): Firefighters have achieved 75% containment on the Silver Mountain Fire. State, federal, and local crews have held the fire at 67 acres while working to secure the fire p...