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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

By Chris Hornick | November 17, 2025

RAPID CITY, S.D. - Sanford Health announced a $300 million philanthropic gift from Denny Sanford today, establishing the new Sanford Black Hills Medical Center campus in Rapid City. The new state-of-the-art campus, set for southwest Rapid City adjacent to the Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center, will expand access to world-class specialty care. Services planned for the facility include an emergency department, intensive care unit (ICU), a dedicated oncology center, comprehensive women's health services including a labor and delivery unit,... Read More →

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

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Sanford Health announced a $300 million philanthropic gift from Denny Sanford today, establishing the new Sanford Black Hills Medical Center campus in Rapid City. The new […]

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Report on pesticides in Wyoming groundwater raises questions

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Montana man convicted of murder in campsite killing

Buffalo manager Robert Magnan cuts out a bison's tongue while field dressing it at the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes Buffalo Ranch near Wolf Point, Mont., Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Clark)

Tribes that restored buffalo are killing some to feed people because of the shutdown

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a meeting with the White House task force on the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia on eve of crown prince’s Washington visit

President Trump returns to the White House following a weekend in Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Epstein files and affordability concerns threaten to knock Trump’s 2nd presidency off course

FILE - Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., demands the release of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after his arrest while protesting outside of Delaney Hall ICE detention facility, May 9, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Judge overseeing US Rep. McIver’s case tells prosecutors to turn over authorities’ texts

FILE - Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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FILE - National Institute of Health researchers test patient samples in Bethesda, Md., on Nov. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Federica Narancio, File)

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The next Met Gala exhibit will spotlight fashion across art history

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Sports.

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

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Alleged plot to bribe a juror with $100,000 upends former heavyweight boxer’s NYC drug trial

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East-leading Devils face another extended stint without best player Jack Hughes

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. (9) walks of the field after overtime of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Falcons QB Penix headed to injured reserve, will miss at least 4 games with left knee injury

FILE - New York Mets' Carlos Beltran smiles during an introductory baseball news conference in New York, Nov. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Hamels, Braun, Kemp among 12 newcomers on Baseball Hall of Fame ballot as Beltrán heads 15 holdovers

Business.

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FILE - A Union Pacific freight train travels along the tracks April 17, 2025, in Eloy, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Shareholders of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern support $85 billion rail merger

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FILE - Pennies are piled up Feb. 10, 2025, in Richardson, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

US Mint in Philadelphia to press final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled

Politics.

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Supreme Court will review an old policy used to turn away asylum seekers at the US border

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Lifestyle.

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Agriculture.

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