Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

Rapid City Medical Center and Monument Health announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) that could bring the two major Black Hills health systems together later this spring. The nonbind...

A 23yearold Rapid City man was arrested late Wednesday after police say he brandished what appeared to be a handgun in two separate incidents before being stopped on Interstate 190. Police were first ...

A growing debate over hyperscale data centers tied to artificialintelligence development is taking hold across South Dakota - including within Republican legislative leadership. The latest example sur...

The state House Health and Human Services committee advanced a proposal Thusday to create a Task Force studying the creation of an Indian Medicaid-managed care system in South Dakota. District 24 stat...

South Dakota senators on Thursday approved Attorney General Marty Jackley's proposal to toughen penalties for drug crimes committed inside state correctional facilities. The measure, Senate Bill 42, p...

Governor Larry Rhoden Thursday signed HB 1044, his first bill of the session, approving funding for the Rural Health Transformation Program. Rhoden called the measure "a big win for rural South Dakota...

City and county officials gathered at The Monument Thursday for a ceremonial ribbon cutting to launch the 2026 Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo. Proclamations were issued to mark the start of the even...

Multiple agencies responded yesterday morning to a multivehicle crash on Highway 85 that involved two passenger vehicles and a road grader. The call came in at 11:57 a.m. Truck 4 was already in the ar...

Fire crews responded around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning to a garage fire in the 200 block of Viking Drive after homeowners awoke to the smell of smoke and unusual noises. According to officials, the re...

Rapid City police have reclassified the death of a man found last week as a homicide following autopsy results released Wednesday. The victim has been identified as 43yearold Randall Lonehill of Rapid...