October 23, 2019

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Family violence is a big problem nationwide, including domestic violence, child neglect or failure to pay child support. That is why the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office, Rapid City Police Department, and South Dakota Department of Corrections, Parole Services joined in the national family violence warrants sweep. Early Wednesday, October 23, 2019, […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A South Dakota prison inmate facing execution next month is objecting to the state’s choice of lethal drug to use on him. Sixty-three-year-old Charles Russell Rhines wants the state to follow the lethal injection law that was in place when Rhines was sentenced to death in 1993. The Argus Leader report […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Two top officials in South Dakota’s Democratic Party resigned Wednesday in the wake of a federal report that showed continuing financial problems. Chairwoman Paula Hawks and executive director Stacey Burnette stepped down after the Federal Elections Commission report that found the party’s federal campaign committee owes nearly $47,000 and has a […]

GILLETTE, Wyo. – Not all furloughed workers offered their jobs back plan to return to work at two Wyoming coal mines. Mine mechanic Christopher Orchard was among over 500 workers furloughed when West Virginia-based Blackjewel filed for bankruptcy July 1. Another coal company hired Orchard within two weeks. Many other Blackjewel employees also found other […]

STURGIS, S.D. – Forecasters have a Winter Weather Advisory out today for the Northern Black Hills as a strong clipper system moves through the area. The system will support moderate to locally heavy upslope snow over the Northern Black Hills through the afternoon into this evening. Snow amounts will be mostly elevation dependent, with 4 […]

CORRECTION: Our published story on recent honorees of the Casey Tibbs Foundation mistakenly identified them as Casey Tibbs Hall of Fame inductees. We apologize for the error. Following is a clarification from the Casey Tibbs South Dakota Rodeo Center, Ft. Pierre, SD.     “Per Casey Tibbs’s wishes before he passed, the Casey Tibbs Foundation did not […]

BILLINGS, MT (AP) — Federal employees overseeing U.S. public lands were assaulted or threatened at least 360 times over a five-year period marked by heightened tensions with anti-government groups and dwindling ranks of law enforcement officers, a congressional watchdog agency said Monday. The Government Accountability Office in a new report highlights anti-government tensions that at […]

HELENA, MT (AP) — Health officials say a teenager in Montana has died of a lung disease associated with a national outbreak of vaping-related illnesses. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services said Tuesday it was the state’s first recorded death connected to e-cigarette use. Officials declined to release any further details about […]