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US Highway 385 Closure Near Pactola Dam to Impact Black Hills Travel

Rapid City, South Dakota – A substantial road closure is scheduled to begin this month on US Highway 385, a major artery through the Black Hills of South Dakota, affecting […]

Investigation Underway as Horse Suspected to be Killed by Shovel

Sturgis man makes initial court appearance on rape, kidnapping charges

Structure Fire Held to a Single Alarm

Fire crews quickly knock down Summerset structure fire

Sinkhole victims ask Supreme Court to help them seek compensation from state

Agencies Recover Sunken Boat from Sheridan Lake

Catalyst Theater Company opens The Language Archive

Rapid City, S.D. – Catalyst Theater company is set to open the second show of

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Noem’s South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce

A September 2025 view of Drumgoon Dairy, which Dorothy and Rodney Elliott opened in 2006

Weekend Rundown: Blooms, Brews, and Big Vibes Across the Hills

It’s shaping up to be another busy weekend in Rapid City, packed with live music,

The Weekend Rundown

Motorcycle Fire in Cleghorn Canyon

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A motorcycle fire in Cleghorn Canyon was quickly put out by

SDSMT Campus Radio Makes Rock History in South Dakota Hall of Fame

Rapid City, SD – KTEQ, the student-run radio station at South Dakota Mines, will take

Since first signing on in 1971, KTEQ 91.3 FM has served as a creative hub for local artists and students alike, broadcasting everything from jazz and punk to hip hop and indie rock. Managed and operated entirely by students, the station became a launching pad for underground music and a voice for artistic freedom in the Black Hills.

Fifteenth Annual BierBorse Brings Brews, Fun, and Games to Downtown Rapid City

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Downtown Rapid City is gearing up for one of its most

Fact brief: Was there a decorative swastika on the Corn Palace in the early 1900s?

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

Five South Dakota FFA Students Awarded Range Evaluation Scholarships

RAPID CITY, S.D. (October 2025) — The South Dakota FFA Foundation has awarded five $100

The Daily Slice: Friday October 10, 2025

The Daily Slice, your Black Hills news podcast in under 10 minutes. Delivered every morning

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437 Project Donates Over $300k to Helpline Center

Black Hills Talent Recognized at South Dakota Commercial Production Awards

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‘Smart glue’ helps athletes speed up recovery from tendon injuries 

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President Trump Nominates South Dakota DCI Director Dan Satterlee as US Marshal

FILE - Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

MIT president says she ‘cannot support’ proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits

No Doubt reunites for Sphere residency. Gwen Stefani will be first woman to headline the Vegas venue

FILE - The interior of the U.S. Penitentiary execution room is seen March 22, 1995, in Terre Haute, Ind. (AP Photo/Chuck Robinson, File)

Man convicted of killing a 15-year-old girl in her home in 2001 is executed by injection in Indiana

Owner Courtland Hickey holds a Pokemon costume from 2024, left, and one from this year, right, at Chicago Costume, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

How a family-owned costume shop is keeping tariffs from making Halloween a nightmare

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a press conference on 8th day of the government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Speaker Johnson keeps the House away as he fights to end the government shutdown

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s quest for Nobel Peace Prize falls short despite high-profile nominations

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Finland's President Alexander Stubb in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump is headed to Walter Reed for a ‘semiannual physical’

FILE - Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Federal judges in 2 states are considering challenges to the government’s treatment of Abrego Garcia

Sports.

RC Central wins cheer, grand champion dance, at Sturgis Invitational

South Dakota Prep Volleyball Scoreboard for Thursday, October 9

Thursday, October 9, South Dakota Prep Football Scoreboard

Girls Class AA State Tennis Tournament wraps up first day

New York Islanders' Casey Cizikas, center, Anthony Duclair, left, and Kyle Palmieri (21) skate during warm ups before an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Beards are back for the New York Islanders after old-school executive Lou Lamoriello’s departure

FILE - Clemson players touch Howard's Rock as they run onto the field for an NCAA college football game against Georgia Tech Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Clemson’s Howard’s Rock, ‘Play Like a Champion Today’ signs among beloved totems in college football

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Nick Herbig (51) enters the field for the NFL football game between Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers at Croke Park stadium in Dublin, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025.(AP Photo/Ian Walton)

Steelers LB Nick Herbig is morphing from TJ Watt’s protégé into a star in his own right

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani celebrates after his team's win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 of baseball's National League Division Series Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Dodgers rolling in defense of World Series title after closing out Phillies to reach NLCS

Business.

Black Hills Talent Recognized at South Dakota Commercial Production Awards

Sanford Children’s Gala Raises Nearly $1.5 Million for Pediatric Emergency Department

Third Annual TECHLeadership Conference Brings Business and Cybersecurity Insights to the Black Hills

Trav’s Outfitter Celebrates Grand Opening of New Rapid City Store

FILE - A shopper shops at a retail store in Arlington Heights, Ill., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

How ‘The Great Lock In’ can help achieve your financial and wellness goals

Workers replace the sand washed away by recent hurricanes along the gulf Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Florida county battered by 2024 hurricanes spends $125M on beach restoration

Silicon Valley leader who navigated the internet’s boom and bust sees another wild ride with AI

Apple TV+ extends its deal to be the exclusive streaming home for ‘Peanuts’ until 2030

Politics.

Gov. Rhoden and Colleagues Urge Democrats to Stop Holding Funding Hostage

‘This shutdown feels different.’ States might not get repaid when government reopens.

Former governors, state AGs weigh in on Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops

Number of parolees on the run plummets, parole supervisor reports

FILE - Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 30, 2024, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine Gov. Mills will announce challenge to Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

FILE - Dominion Voting ballot counting machines are lined up at a Torrance County warehouse during a testing of election equipment in Estancia, N.M., Sept. 29, 2022.(AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

FILE - Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during an interview at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff raises $12 million for 2026 reelection

FILE - The headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service is in Washington, August 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

IRS to furlough nearly half of its workforce as shutdown enters second week

Lifestyle.

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Catalyst Theater Company opens The Language Archive

The Weekend Rundown

Weekend Rundown: Blooms, Brews, and Big Vibes Across the Hills

Amber’s Last Crawl: The Creepiest Night Out in Rapid City

Fifteenth Annual BierBorse Brings Brews, Fun, and Games to Downtown Rapid City

Kirkus Prize winners include a novel on identity, a history of Iran and an ode to belly buttons

Parker McCollum Returns to Rapid City October 17

National Book Award finalists announced: Alameddine, Majumdar, Li and Russell are among the nominees

GARDEN ALERT: Frost Has Likely Struck – Time to Act

Agriculture.

‘Tunnel farming’ extends growing season by 4 months

Fate of Farm Bill overlooked in government shutdown

Mobile health clinics bring care to rural South Dakota

Redcedar trees overtaking Northern Plains grasslands

DemKota beef sues contractor over millions in cost overruns

Crop insurance, premium bill, soybeans and 100 dollar bills. Concept of yield loss, hail and wind field damage and farm income protection.

Fate of Farm Bill overlooked in government shutdown

Faster lines, less federal oversight at US pork and poultry plants

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Nominations Open For SD Ag Award

Obituaries.

Dan Allan Erlenbusch

Darlene May Kvanvig

Randall ‘Randy’ William Larrison

In Memoriam

Larry E. Hanna | 10/08/2025

In Memoriam

Christopher A Rogers | 10/08/2025

In Memoriam

Debra Beverly Welch | 10/07/2025

In Memoriam

Patricia Anne Skancke | 10/07/2025

Robert Carl Parsons

FILE - Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

MIT president says she ‘cannot support’ proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits

No Doubt reunites for Sphere residency. Gwen Stefani will be first woman to headline the Vegas venue

FILE - The interior of the U.S. Penitentiary execution room is seen March 22, 1995, in Terre Haute, Ind. (AP Photo/Chuck Robinson, File)

Man convicted of killing a 15-year-old girl in her home in 2001 is executed by injection in Indiana