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Tanner Usrey to Headline Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® Concert with Special Guest Kenny Feidler

A Texas storyteller meets South Dakota grit in a powerhouse BHSS lineup FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2026. Rapid City, SD – Central States Fair, Inc. is thrilled to announce that Texas-born singer, […]

Senator John Thune Tours Construction At Children’s Home Society

Box Elder Residential Fire Leaves One Man and Dog Dead

Sit Down With A CEO: Sanford Health’s Kyle Wiese

Rapid City Prepares for Thanksgiving Holiday Closures, Schedule Changes

Rush Get Swept by the Kansas City Mavericks 

Researchers at SURF build experiment themed video games and activities for Dark Matter Day

Ole 60 Ole 60 to Headline Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® Concert with Special Guest Rob Langd

Viral Kentucky six-piece brings genre-bending country to Rapid City on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2026. Rapid

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Downtown Presidential Statues Get Bundled Up

RAPID CITY, South Dakota – The arrival of the season’s first significant cold snap means

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RCPD Report Two Drug Arrests Over Weekend

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Police in Rapid City reported a couple of drug-related incidents over

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Mayor Grants Turkey Pardon on Wednesday at Main Street Square

RAPID CITY, South Dakota – Mayor Jason Salamun will continue a Thanksgiving tradition by issuing

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Rhoden campaign for Governor hits Sturgis

STURGIS, S.D. — South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden continues to kick-start his 2026 campaign by

RCPD Announces Three Arrests In Connection To Anti-Shoplifting Operations

RAPID CITY, SD — The Rapid City Police Department announced today that on November 24th,

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Fact brief: Are South Dakota police departments using automatic license plate readers?

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

Dust Alert Issued for West Rapid City Due to High Winds

RAPID CITY, South Dakota – An air pollution alert for blowing dust has been issued

The Daily Slice: Monday November 24, 2025

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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

The Capitol Christmas Tree, a 53-foot red fir, arrives to the U.S. Capitol from the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson leaves hospital after treatment for neurological disorder

FILE - Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Dismissal of Comey, James cases won’t be the final word. Here’s what the path ahead may look like

FILE - DACA supporter Claudia Valdivia wields a megaphone at a rally outside federal appeals court in New Orleans on Thursday, Oct. 10 ,2024. (AP Photo/Jack Brook, File)

Some DACA recipients have been arrested in the Trump’s immigration crackdown

A Best Buy employee hauls early Black Friday sale items at Best Buy Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

US retail sales rose slightly in September, adding to months of big gains

FILE - Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., listens as President Donald Trump speaks during an event on energy production in the East Room of the White House, April 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

U.S. Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia agrees to pay nearly $5.2M in overdue personal taxes

FILE - A customer turns away after looking at big-screen televisions on display in a Best Buy store, Nov. 21, 2023, in southeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)

Consumer confidence slides as Americans grow wary of high costs and sluggish job gains

Jeffrey Banks gestures while responding to questions Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

American menswear designer Jeffrey Banks is finally sharing his story and starting a new chapter

Sports.

2025 State Volleyball Recap

Rush Get Swept by the Kansas City Mavericks 

Yellow Jacket Women Fall on Last Second Free Throws to Northern Stat

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Kansas City Mavericks stomp the Rapid City Rush 

FILE - St. Louis Cardinals' Sonny Gray pitches to a San Francisco Giants batter during the first inning of a baseball game, Sept. 24, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, file)

Red Sox acquire right-hander Sonny Gray from the Cardinals, AP source says

FILE - PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp speaks before a practice round of the Tour Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

PGA Tour has fewer cards and smaller fields. But the big changes are still to come

Dallas Mavericks guard Max Christie (00) and forward Cooper Flagg (32) stand together during the last seconds of the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

How No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg is handling a tough start to rookie season with the Mavericks

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani (17) reacts during Game 4 of baseball's National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Shohei Ohtani announces he will play for Japan in next year’s World Baseball Classic

Business.

 Mastel Surgical Makes World-Class Precision Eye Surgery Instruments, Right Here in Rapid City

Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Earns State’s Only ‘A’ Grade for Patient Safety

YMCA of Rapid City Adds Two New Executive Board Members

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Sit Down With A CEO: Sanford Health’s Kyle Wiese

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.

Trump shedding support among Latino voters, survey finds

Uncertainty pushes 18-year federal science communicator to leave profession

Biologist cautions next generation against trusting a career with the federal government

Judge drops James Comey and Letitia James charges, saying prosecutor served ‘unlawfully’

FILE - Sen. Doug Jones delivers his concession speech surrounded by family during his election night watch party, Nov. 3, 2020, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett, File)

Former US Sen. Doug Jones announces run for Alabama governor

FILE - Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks to reporters after a campaign event on Proposition 50 in San Francisco, on Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

A sheriff, a billionaire, a tinge of scandal. California governor’s race packs drama, uncertainty

FILE - A sheriff's deputy inspects ballots with the aid of a dog at the L.A. County Ballot Processing Center Nov. 4, 2025, in City of Industry, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries

FILE - Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., addresses a gathering Nov. 14, 2025, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Potential presidential candidates are less coy about 2028 plans: ‘Of course I’m thinking about it’

Lifestyle.

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Tanner Usrey to Headline Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® Concert with Special Guest Kenny Feidler

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Ole 60 Ole 60 to Headline Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® Concert with Special Guest Rob Langd

The greatest mystery of Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ movies? Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc

Firehouse Pizzeria Brings a Bold New Culinary Experience to Downtown Rapid City

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

Agriculture.

SD’s water protectors encouraged by ag regulation chatter

Tyson to shutter Nebraska beef plant

Horsemanship portion of Miss Rodeo America competition canceled amid horse virus concerns

CSF closes facilities to horses, pre-NFR events postponed or canceled due to deadly horse virus

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SD’s water protecters encouraged by farm regulation chatter

State can no longer ‘dance around’ ag regulations

Governor says lawmaker “ignorant’ about production ag as water polluter

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

Obituaries.

Bruce Arthur Miller

In Memoriam

Carol Marie Swenson | 11/20/2025

Cheryl (Sherry) Feist Merritt

In Memoriam

Thomas William Owen | 11/19/2025

Andrew Kari Wicks

Valorie Kay Price Hlavka

In Memoriam

Klare H Schroeder | 11/18/2025

Zelpha M. Reede