Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden presented his first solo budget to a joint session of the South Dakota Legislature Tuesday at the State Capitol in Pierre. Rhoden says while there will be no increas...

Deadwood City Commissioner Blake Joseph will be replaced following a recall election held Tuesday. Mark Speirs won the seat with 187 votes, defeating David Ruth Jr., who received 108 votes. Joseph fin...

A California man made his first court appearance Tuesday, accused in a crash that killed a 25-year-old Kyle resident. Nicholas Foltz, 37, is charged with vehicular homicide and driving under the influ...

Rapid City Police arrested a 28-year-old man Tuesday morning following a reported robbery at a convenience store on Mt. View Road. Authorities say officers were called to the 600 block of Mt. View Roa...

Rapid City issued 158 building permits in November worth more than $21.2 million, the city's second-highest November in six years. So far in 2025, the city has approved 2,236 permits valued at $378.6 ...

A Pine Ridge man has been sentenced to three years and 10 months in federal prison for a drunk-driving crash that killed a woman. Kevin Hunter, 33, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after dri...

The City of Sturgis netted more than $1.2 million from the 2025 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, according to a financial analysis presented Monday. City Administrator Aaron Jordan said the rally generated $...

U.S. Senator Mike Rounds has nominated Emma Kinyon, a senior at Rapid City Stevens High School, to the U.S. Naval Academy. Kinyon, daughter of Jason Kinyon and Megan Byrd, is a 3.9 GPA student active ...

The Rapid City Council has approved new regulations for short-term vacation rentals after an 8-2 vote. Under the ordinance, properties must provide two parking spaces, matching requirements for single...

After more than two decades, there's been a major development in the disappearance of Beverly Ozuna-Ulrich, a Belle Fourche mother of eight who vanished in 2003. Her estranged husband, Steven Lee Ulri...