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Chancey Williams

A Real Cowboy’s Country: Chancey Williams Releases New Album, Deadwood Show Set

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country artist Chancey Williams, known for his authentic cowboy background, released his new album, Miles On Me. The former saddle bronc athlete channels the grit of the […]

Fresh Produce Acquires Midwest Marketing

South Dakota Mines Professor Designs First Emotion-Driven Navigation System for AI Agents

South Dakota AG Jackley Praises Meta for Imposing PG-13 Restrictions on Instagram Teen Accounts

Residents pushback on Meade 46-1 district plan to shutter two rural schools, move Whitewood 5th grade

Pine Ridge Residents No Longer Need To Boil Drinking Water

Meade 46-1 School Board to discuss budget deficit, possible rural school closures Monday night

Rock Icon: Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dies at 74

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Ace Frehley, the founding lead guitarist of the rock band Kiss

Ace Freehley

Weekend Rundown: Food, Fire Pits, Folk, and Fun!

Rapid City’s weekend calendar is bursting with flavor, live music, and community vibes — from

The Weekend Rundown

Horse Killing Investigation Continues, $10,000 Reward Offered For Information

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office is seeking public assistance and offering

Highway Patrol identifies Rapid City man killed in crash with hay bales

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The South Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the man who died

South Dakota Mines Ranks as a Top University in the Nation

RAPID CITY, SD – South Dakota Mines continues to shine on the national stage, earning

south dakota school of mines

Fact brief: Is South Dakota home to the tallest grain elevator mural in the country?

A fact brief that refutes or confirms a claim with supporting information and additional evidence

South Dakota Supreme Court Upholds 60-Year Sentence in Child Sex Abuse Case

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and 60-year prison

Attorney General Jackley Announces Former State Employee Indicted for Falsifying Investigative Reports

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Spearfish woman has

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Regional & National.

Glacier Bancorp: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

US rejects bid to lease coal from public lands in Utah as sales in western states fall flat

FILE - A haul truck is seen after being loaded with coal by a mechanized shovel at the Spring Creek mine, in this Nov. 15, 2016 photo, near Decker, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

US rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton

Chase The Ace

Community Rallies Behind Cancer Patients, ‘Chase the Pink Ace’ Tops $64K

Ty Dolla $ign returns with ‘Tycoon,’ his first solo album in five years

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters outside the Senate chamber as they charge President Donald Trump and the Republicans with the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats say Trump needs to be involved in shutdown talks. He’s shown little interest in doing so

FILE - President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Ahead of Zelenskyy meeting, Trump shows signs he might not be ready to send Kyiv Tomahawk missiles

FILE - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a new conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas), File

A war on drugs or a war on terror? Trump’s military pressure on Venezuela blurs the lines

FILE - This photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, shows death row prisoner Richard Kenneth Djerf. (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry via AP, File)

Arizona set to execute a man who killed 4 members of a Phoenix family in 1993

FILE - The entrance to Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton is seen on Sept. 22, 2015, in Oceanside, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Homeland Security says Marine’s father who was deported had faced domestic violence, assault charges

Democrat Jay Jones, left, and Republican incumbent Jason Miyares shake hands at the start of the Virginia attorney general debate in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Mike Kropf/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, Pool)

Virginia AG candidates Jay Jones and Jason Miyares clash over violent rhetoric in feisty debate

2 arrested in Texas immigration detention center shooting now face terrorism-related charges

Sports.

Scooper Volleyballers Sweep Golddiggers

RC Central sweeps home competitive cheer, dance meet

Soccer Semi’s – O’Gorman too much for RC Stevens girls

South Dakota Prep Volleyball Scoreboard for Tuesday, October 14

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer throws against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning in Game 4 of baseball's American League Championship Series, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Scherzer turns back the clock and Blue Jays beat Mariners 8-2 in Game 4 to even ALCS

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco, right, meet on the field following an NFL football game in Cincinnati, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

Flacco rallies Bengals past Rodgers and Steelers 33-31 in battle of 40-year-old QBs

Milwaukee Bucks guard/forward Kevin Porter Jr. (7) attempts to get around Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein, second from right, as he trails behind Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) as Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis (9) looks on during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)

Western Conference teams dominate NBA championship betting with season on the horizon

Philadelphia Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowki speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Can Bryce Harper ever be elite again? Phillies president Dave Dombrowski has concerns

Business.

South Dakota Healthcare Faces High Climate Risks, New National Study Finds

Dylan S. Clarkson Appointed to South Dakota Banking Commission and ABA Government Relations Council

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Fresh Produce Acquires Midwest Marketing

The construction of the upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant at SURF included contractors from across the state of South Dakota. Photo by Stephen Kenny.

SURF completes Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade with team of South Dakota contractors

FILE - People walk through University of North Carolina campus March 18, 2020, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Is college worth the cost? Universities work to show the return on investment of a degree

FILE - This April 3, 2013, file photo shows bitcoin tokens in Sandy, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

US charges Cambodian executive in massive crypto scam and seizes more than $14 billion in bitcoin

Here’s what young Native Americans funded with $720K from Newman’s Own Foundation and Novo Nordisk

Alec and Stephen Baldwin escape injury after their vehicle hits a tree in New York

Politics.

National parks, public lands feared at risk of long-term harm as shutdown drags on

Trump critic and former aide John Bolton indicted for mishandling classified documents

With funding for courts in question, Congress stuck in shutdown gridlock for day 16

Board expands ‘critical needs’ teaching scholarship to all prospective teachers, citing shortage

FILE - Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., speaks at a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, at East Carolina University, Oct. 13, 2024, in Greenville, N.C. (AP Photo/David Yeazell, File)

North Carolina GOP’s proposed map seeks to thwart Democratic incumbent’s reelection

President Donald Trump addresses a dinner for donors who have contributed to build the new ballroom at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Trump plans to leave his mark on Washington by building a Paris-like arch near the Lincoln Memorial

FILE - Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil chants during a rally celebrating his return from immigration detention, June 22, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova, File)

Mahmoud Khalil can freely travel around US as he fights his deportation case, judge rules

FILE - Anne Applebaum poses for a photograph at her office at the Washington Post after being awarded the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for her book "Gulag: A History," on April 5, 2004. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

During troubled times in news industry, 168-year-old Atlantic thrives with newspaper-magazine hybrid

Lifestyle.

Chancey Williams

A Real Cowboy’s Country: Chancey Williams Releases New Album, Deadwood Show Set

From Darkness to Light: Four Artists Who Found Purpose Through Pain

Ace Freehley

Rock Icon: Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dies at 74

The Weekend Rundown

Weekend Rundown: Food, Fire Pits, Folk, and Fun!

Pheasant season begins Saturday with big numbers expected

Old Crow Medicine Show

Crowd Goes Wild for Old Crow Medicine Show Debut in Rapid City

Wild West Songwriters

Wild West Songwriters Festival Brings Nashville Talent and Local Voices to Deadwood

Little Daemons Boston Terriers

Black Hills Breeder Prepares Trio of Boston Terriers for Rapid City Kennel Club Dog Show

Agriculture.

FFA regional range evaluation winners announced

Top 10 Industry Leaders named by livestock publication

$10K reward to find shovel-wielding horse killer

South Dakota State University is releasing a new hard red winter wheat variety to seed producers that combines high yield with high protein and drought tolerant traits. SD Vivian has performed well across South Dakota and will be available for farmers for fall 2026 planting.

New SDSU Wheat Variety Offers High Yield, Quality to South Dakota Farmers

Build Your Base beef program building sports teams around South Dakota

Beef packers agree to pay $88M in price-fixing lawsuit

Second reading of a proposed controversial ordinance on use of Meade County roads set for October 14

‘Tunnel farming’ extends growing season by 4 months

Obituaries.

Cheryl Ann Blakeman

Kathleen Joanne Daczewitz

Barbara Jean Dinges

Robert “Bob” Frank Wicka

James Craig Layng

Lois Darlene Fisher

Ross Arthur Sorensen

In Memoriam

Marion Werlinger | 10/15/2025

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer throws against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning in Game 4 of baseball's American League Championship Series, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Scherzer turns back the clock and Blue Jays beat Mariners 8-2 in Game 4 to even ALCS

Ty Dolla $ign returns with ‘Tycoon,’ his first solo album in five years

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco, right, meet on the field following an NFL football game in Cincinnati, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

Flacco rallies Bengals past Rodgers and Steelers 33-31 in battle of 40-year-old QBs