Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

South Dakota Secretary of State Monae L. Johnson announced that James Bialota Jr. has qualified to appear on the Republican primary ballot for the U.S. House of Representatives in the June 2, 2026, el...

Flags on all city-owned property in Sturgis will be flown at half-staff in honor of former Mayor Kevin Forrester, who died Easter Sunday, April 5, at age 58. In a proclamation issued Monday, Mayor Pro...

Authorities are investigating a fatal structure fire that occurred Monday morning in the Old Crazy Horse housing community in Pine Ridge. According to the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safet...

Military children are being recognized across the Rapid City area this weekend as part of Purple Up! For Military Kids Day and the Month of the Military Child. Ellsworth Air Force Base will host a Pur...

A partnership between South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks and the state Department of Transportation funded more than $1 million in road maintenance and repairs in the Northern Hills in 2025. GF&P p...

Lead is marking the 150th anniversary of the Homestake Gold Mine this week, commemorating the April 9, 1876 claim by Fred and Moses Manuel that led to the largest gold mine in the Western Hemisphere. ...

The South Dakota Highway Patrol has released the name of a Rapid City man who died Thursday morning in a singlevehicle crash five miles east of Scenic. Preliminary information indicates 46yearold John...

Seven of nine businesses inspected during alcohol compliance checks in Pennington County were found to be in compliance, according to the Pennington County Sheriff's Office. Deputies conducted the com...

Secretary of State Monae L. Johnson announced that Toby Doeden has qualified for placement on the Republican ballot in South Dakota's June 2, 2026, primary election for governor. Under state law, Repu...

Federal officials have fasttracked a second Black Hills mining project, adding the Bear Lodge Rare Earth Mining Project in northeastern Wyoming to an expedited federal permitting program. The project,...