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UPDATE – Fire at Reptile Gardens

UPDATE 11:44am – Terry Philip the General Curator gave a heartfelt message on facebook. “The love and life our staff poured into the care of these magnificent animals know no […]

Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months

Jury Finds Memorial Park Murderer Sane, Faces Life in Prison

California Man Convicted in South Dakota Online Scam

Over $3.4 Million in Federal Funding Available for South Dakota Homeless Programs

Proposed Changes to Open Meetings Laws Head to South Dakota Task Force

UPDATE: County Commissioner Posts Library Payroll, Including Full Names of all Staff, In Response To Public Library Campaign

“Protect Piedmont’s Future” Grassroots Organization Holds First Meeting Of 200+ Attendees

PIEDMONT, SD — Around 200 individuals from Piedmont and surrounding areas have gathered to attend

Rapid City Weekend Rundown: Food Pairings, Bingo, Local Talent, and One Final Bow

As the holiday season inches closer, Rapid City is gearing up for a weekend packed

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Rapid City Police investigating two stabbing attacks

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Police are investigating a couple of aggravated assault cases
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Downtown Rapid City Set for First-Ever Gobble Crawl on Thanksgiving Eve

Rapid City, SD — Downtown Rapid City is gearing up for an energetic kickoff to

South Dakota Mines Announces 2025 President’s Leadership Academy Class

RAPID CITY, SD (Nov. 21, 2025) – South Dakota Mines has welcomed a new class

South Dakota Mines has welcomed a new class of standout students into the President’s Leadership Academy. Pictured, back row: Keira Gillespie, Olivia Ellstrom, Olivia Grinager, Chase Eitemiller, Ian Grinager, Connor Comer, President Brian Tande and Lorin Brass. Front row: Amanda Klabunde, Kira Danielson, Karlee Schenk, Linus Uy, Clive Uy, Anthony Wright and Mary Brass. Not pictured: Nathan Sattler, Kenneth Asiedu and David Robbins.

Aby’s Pub Celebrates Joining Elevate Rapid City 

RAPID CITY, SD — This afternoon friends, staff, and representatives of Aby’s Pub gathered to

SDDOT Seeks Public Input on Interstate 90 Exit 48 Interchange Modification Study

SUMMERSET, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) will host a public meeting

Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen Appoints Judge Heidi L. Linngren as Presiding Judge of Seventh Judicial Circuit

PIERRE, S.D.—South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen has appointed the Honorable Heidi

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South Dakota Expands Opioid Settlement Grant Access for Communities

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South Dakota Ranks Among Nation’s Deadliest States for Commercial Truck Accidents

CFN Enterprises: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

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California Man Convicted in South Dakota Online Scam

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2018, file photo, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh leads his players and fans in singing "Hail to the Victors" after a practice session by the NCAA college football team at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich..(AP Photo/Tony Ding, File)

Fight songs still ring true as college football tradition in face of ever-changing changes in sport

Ex-Georgia deputies cleared of murder in death of Black man shocked at least 15 times

Playwright Larry Kramer appears at the premiere of HBO Films' "The Normal Heart" in New York on May 12, 2014, left, and Dr. Anthony Fauci appears during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on April 13, 2021. (AP Photo)

New play looking at friendship between AIDS activist Larry Kramer and Anthony Fauci in the works

Jordan Peele’s ‘High Horse: The Black Cowboy’ doc sheds light on an erased part of history

Democratic congressional candidate State Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, attends a campaign event during the special election for the seventh district, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Trump, Harris and big money transform Tennessee special election into marquee contest

FILE - Democratic Senate candidate Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, gives his concession speech to Republican candidate JD Vance at an election night event for Ryan in Boardman, Ohio Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Phil Long, File)

Ohio Democrat Tim Ryan, the ex-congressman who lost a Senate bid to JD Vance, won’t run for governor

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrives on stage at the inaugural Make America Healthy Again summit at the Waldorf Astoria, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

MAHA idealism meets political reality as RFK Jr. attempts to wrangle a growing movement

FILE -An American flag flies at half-staff outside the Supreme Court Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts

Sports.

No. 17 Yellow Jackets Cruise to 32-Point Win Over Dustdevils in Denver

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NFL Week 11 Recap

No. 17 Yellow Jackets Roll to Season Opening Victory Over Sul Ross State

Seniors Play Well on Senior Night as BHSU Drops Season Finale

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell signs a beam during a topping out ceremony to celebrate the ongoing construction of the Tennessee Titans NFL football new stadium, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Goodell: Every expectation Nashville will see a Super Bowl with new stadium

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts warms up before an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Why so unhappy? Super Bowl champion Eagles caught up in drama even with best record in NFC

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) is sacked by Houston Texans linebacker Henry To'oTo'o (39) in the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Texans’ defense shines with 8 sacks, 3 turnovers in win over Bills

New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, center, looks to throw during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Giants QB Jaxson Dart remains in concussion protocol and won’t play at Detroit

Business.

Brock Smith Turns Big Ideas Into Real-World Innovation in the Black Hills

Best Places to Shop on Black Friday in 2025 – WalletHub Study

$300M Gift Establishes New Sanford Medical Center in Rapid City

An architect's rendering of the future Sanford Black Hills Medical Center. Rendering by Sanford Health

$300M Gift Establishes New Sanford Medical Center in Rapid City

This undated combination of photos shows clockwise from top left the company logos for Amazon, Target, Lufthansa Group, UPS, ConocoPhillips, Intel, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Nestle. (AP Photo, file)

Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety. Here are some companies that have cut jobs recently

FILE - The Weeknd performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours ‘Til Dawn’ Tour grosses over $1 billion, Live Nation says

A person walks past posters promoting the campaign by Bath & Body Works at Grand Central station, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Why does this NYC subway station smell ‘Christmassy’? It’s an ad

Pauline Baker and her son, Yaba Baker, pose with one of the pots created by their enslaved ancestor, David Drake, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Descendants obtain works of enslaved potter in landmark restitution deal

Politics.

Poll: Confidence in government shows large partisan divides

The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean?

Governor says lawmaker will be ‘set straight’ on suggestion to regulate agricultural water polluters

Trump accuses 6 Democratic lawmakers of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’

Rafael Hernandez, originally from Mexico, sells food from his family's food truck, Nov. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

A Chicago street vendor couple has a defiant response to immigration arrests: Stick to the routine

FILE - Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. speaks on Capitol Hill on Jan 12, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

New York Democratic Rep. Nydia Velázquez says she won’t run for reelection in 2026

FILE - Jennifer Vasquez Sura, front left, her husband Kilmar Abrego Garcia, front center, and Attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, front right, attend a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Judge to rule on whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody

FILE - A dump truck hauls coal at the Eagle Butte Mine, now owned by Eagle Specialty Materials, LLC, near Gillette, Wyo., March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver, File)

Senate reversal of Biden policy that blocked Wyoming coal mining heads to Trump

Lifestyle.

FILE - South Korean author Han Kang speaks to the media during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, on May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Nobel laureate Han Kang’s first nonfiction book in English to be released next spring

The Weekend Rundown

Rapid City Weekend Rundown: Food Pairings, Bingo, Local Talent, and One Final Bow

Downtown Rapid City Set for First-Ever Gobble Crawl on Thanksgiving Eve

Novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith win National Book Awards

The 2025 Country Music Association Awards are almost here: How to watch

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NFL Week 11 Recap

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Two Black Hills Comedy Shows to Help Humane Society

Weird Al Yankovic Coming to Summit Arena on June 24

Agriculture.

Firefighters to switch to SoyFoam retardant in initiative underway in South Dakota

EPA rolls out proposal for revised Waters of the United States

From the horses mouth: Hoping to flip the script, Dems target Trump’s ag policies

Poll: Support for Trump tariffs uneven in South Dakota

Warsaw - Circa May 2023: USDA Service Center. The US Department of Agriculture is responsible for laws related to farming, forestry, and food.

Farm Bill extended but questions for smaller SD farms persist

Pioneer Bank & Trust Commits $50,000 to Support South Dakota Ag Foundation

Spearfish, S.D. youth win NHA Youth Fed Steer Shootout

Team USA Tops the Global Young Hereford Breeders Competition

Obituaries.

Bruce Arthur Miller

Cheryl (Sherry) Feist Merritt

Andrew Kari Wicks

Valorie Kay Price Hlavka

In Memoriam

Klare H Schroeder | 11/18/2025

Zelpha M. Reede

Sylvester Louis Larvie

Richard “Dick” Allen Masteller