Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

The American Red Cross assisted 27 people displaced by five separate home fires in the Rapid City area over the past week. Volunteers responded to incidents in Caputa, Allen, Quinn and Rapid City, mee...

The Lakota Times has closed following its Jan. 14 issue, eliminating one of South Dakota's few Native-owned and Native-edited newspapers. Publisher Connie L. Smith, an Oglala Lakota journalist, told s...

Meade County has approved a contract with National Medical Resources, Inc. to bring a nurse practitioner to the county jail, aiming to replace medical services long provided by the Sturgis Ambulance S...

Rapid City officials are warning residents to avoid using thirdparty websites to pay utility bills or parking citations, saying the services can add extra fees and even cause late payments. Some compa...

A teenage girl has died and several other juveniles were injured after a singlevehicle rollover crash Saturday evening in the 2500 block of Arrowhead Drive, according to the Rapid City Police Departme...

Two people were killed and several others were injured in a chainreaction crash Friday afternoon on Interstate 90, about five miles west of Reliance. The crash occurred at 3:44 p.m. on Jan. 16 near mi...

A proposal to overhaul how South Dakota distributes money from its primary economic development fund hit a roadblock Friday in the Senate State Affairs Committee. Senators deadlocked 4-4 on Senate Bil...

The legislature's House Education Committee voted unanimously today (Friday, Jan. 16) to defer debate on a bill to give schools the power to assign alternative educational settings to students display...

South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson says the U.S. Postal Service needs immediate fixes as residents report widespread delays, lost mail, and long lines at local post offices. Johnson emphasized ...

PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota's snowplows have a fresh batch of creative names for the 2025-26 winter season, thanks to the sixth annual South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) snowplow naming...