The Rapid City Legal and Finance Committee took a significant step toward addressing the community’s mental health crisis by approving the 2026 budget for several local support organizations.

Tariffs and trade tensions caused market instability earlier in the year, forcing some farmers to store or delay pricing soybeans. However, recent news that China plans to purchase up to 25 million ...

Mousseau was arrested the same day Glenn drowned during an Independence Day concert. A Pennington County jury found Mousseau guilty of second-degree murder and unauthorized ingestion of a controlled ...

The Rapid City Legal and Finance Committee voted Wednesday to table a proposed ordinance that would have reduced the number of medical cannabis dispensary licenses from 15 to five and allowed the City ...

Three South Dakota school districts may face penalties for holding more cash in their general funds than state law permits. On Wednesday, the School Finance Accountability Board recommended financial ...

A collaborative operation between the Sturgis Police Department and the Deadwood Police Department took place Tuesday as officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Sturgis, resulting in the ...

U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., announced that a stopgap bill to reopen the federal government includes $21.9 million in funding for South Dakota projects he requested.

Five South Dakota tribes are calling on the congressional delegation to help reinstate federal funding for a tribal data repository project led by the Native BioData Consortium, a genetics lab based ...

Triggered by multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the sun, the storm reached G3–G4 intensity levels, allowing the auroras to be visible in at least 21 states, including South Dakota. The ...

The South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) has finished processing partial SNAP benefits for all eligible recipients. These benefits were made available on Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) ...

If confirmed, the violations could result in civil penalties of up to $2 million for each failure-to-notify infraction, and up to $10,000 per day plus a class-one misdemeanor for failure-to-permit ...

LaFave returns to NSU, his alma mater, after serving seven years as president of Valley City State University in North Dakota. His career at NSU spans nearly 30 years, including roles as Professor of ...