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BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. — One person died Wednesday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash in Belle Fourche. Names of the three people involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members. Preliminary information indicates that a 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier was northbound on U.S. Highway 85 in the inside driving lane when it crossed the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) have announced new, bipartisan legislation to address anticompetitive practices in the meat and poultry industries that threaten the nation’s food supply and national security following the ransomware attack on JBS, the country’s largest meat supplier. Tester unveiled the bill at […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Rapid City Police are searching for two suspects in a gas station armed robbery which took place early Tuesday morning. At around 3:30 a.m. on June 15th, police were dispatched to the Loaf ‘N Jug at 1601 Haines Avenue for a report of a robbery that had just occurred. On arrival, […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota recorded just 10 new cases of COVID-19 according to health officials Wednesday. Active cases were down another 16 to 170 and the number of people hospitalized dropped by one to 28. No new deaths were reported, keeping the state’s death toll at 2,026. Across the Black Hills area, there were […]
WASHINGTON, DC – As part of a new initiative announced in March – USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers – USDA is releasing $3-$4 billion for ag producers and businesses of $11 billion allocated. According to USDA officials, the financial aid will reach a broader set of producers than in previous COVID-19 aid programs under the […]
LAFAYETTE, IN –Â “Veterans Harvest: A Virtual Conference for Veterans in Agriculture” is scheduled for this summer. “Agriculture has become an important source of employment and healing for many veterans,” says Cindy Chastain, National AgrAbility’s veteran outreach coordinator. “A large percentage of veterans come from rural areas, even though not all of them grew up […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildfires in Montana have exploded in size, triggering evacuations and destroying an unknown number of homes as furious winds stoked the blazes and caused a firefighting helicopter to crash-land, officials said Wednesday. In the Big Belt Mountains east of Townsend, firefighters pulled back from a fire burning in a heavily timbered […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The USDA has set a July 23 deadline for agricultural producers and landowners to apply for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General signup 56. Additionally, the Farm Service Agency will accept applications for CRP Grasslands from July 12 to Aug. 20. This year, USDA updated both signup options to provide greater incentives […]
CASPER, Wyo. (June 15, 2021) — Taylor Lawson, a sophomore business major from New Waverly, Texas, set a College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) record in breakaway roping on Tuesday night. Lawson, who is competing at her first CNFR and representing Southwest Texas Junior College (SWTJC) , was the first breakaway roper to compete Tuesday night. […]
CASPER, Wyo.—The following are results after Tuesday slack at the 72nd annual College National Finals Rodeo, June 15, 2021 courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.collegerodeo.com Barrel Racing: (second round winners) 1, Lakken Bice, Dickenson State University, 14.07 seconds. 2, Amber Scales, Sam Houston State University, 14.17. 3, (tie) […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]
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