Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

Rapid City Police are investigating a late-night shooting incident reported early April 5 that resulted in damage to a nearby home but no injuries. Officers were dispatched around 1:50 a.m. to the 110...

Rapid City police arrested a 24-year-old woman Saturday afternoon following a reported assault at a local apartment and a subsequent altercation with an officer. Officers were dispatched around 2:35 p...

A Rapid City man was arrested last Thursday after allegedly setting a fire near a residence and interfering with firefighters trying to extinguish it. Police were dispatched around 2:30 p.m. to the 20...

The Rapid City Council voted 9-0 on Monday, April 6, to delay action until April 20 on a request from Pennington County to include city-owned land in a proposed Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district....

The Rapid City Council voted 7-2 on Monday, April 6, to approve the first reading of an ordinance legalizing backyard chickens, with Ward 4 council members John Roberts and Lance Lehmann voting agains...

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...