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CODY, Wyo. – A drywall plant in Wyoming is set to close this spring. Officials at CertainTeed recently told employees the Cody plant will close April 3. Fifty people work […]

UNDATED – South Dakota gas prices have fallen 2.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.37/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 628 stations. Gas prices in […]

DEADWOOD, S.D. – According to statistics released recently by the South Dakota Commission on Gaming, the December 2019 gaming handle showed a 5.21 percent increase, with slot machine handle increasing […]

GILLETTE, Wyo. – The new owner of two Wyoming coal mines is at odds with the owner of two huge industrial shovels. Komatsu says Eagle Specialty Materials is using its […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The two Wal-Mart stores in Rapid City will no longer be open 24 hours. Store managers say the new hours, effective February 1, will be midnight […]

With U.S. traffic congestion costing U.S. drivers $87 billion in 2018 and the U.S. ranked 17th in the world in road quality, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report […]

BISMARCK, N.D. – Ten North Dakota communities will use part of a settlement with Volkswagen to build electric vehicle charging stations. The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality will send […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A new report says Wyoming’s capital city is experiencing an economic downturn driven by a reduction in local mining and construction jobs. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – A conservation group can seek details from the Trump administration on whether it used the recommendations of a disbanded committee to craft policies on oil, gas […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota attorney general’s office is warning about a scam involving bogus contractors who have been taking advantage of unsuspecting rural homeowners in the oil […]

UNDATED – South Dakota gas prices have fallen 1.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.42/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 628 stations. Gas prices in […]

UNDATED – With the economic and societal costs of smoking totaling more than $300 billion a year and rising, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on The Real […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The numbers are in and they continue to show an upward trend at Rapid City Regional Airport. Stats came in for the number of enplaned passengers […]

PIERRE, S.D. – The Alpine Inn, an iconic Black Hills restaurant, received the first annual Restaurant of the Year award this week at the South Dakota Retailers Association (SDRA) annual […]

PIERRE, S.D. – Prairie Edge in Rapid City was recently named Retailer of the Year at the South Dakota Retailers Association (SDRA) annual banquet in Pierre. SDRA has presented the […]

UNDATED – With 26 percent of all nonretired adults having no retirement savings or pension, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Best States to Retire as […]

UNDATED – South Dakota gas prices have risen 0.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.44/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 628 stations. Gas prices in […]

ENVER (AP) – Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association plans to close two of its coal-fired power plants and a coal mine in Colorado and New Mexico. The utility plans to […]

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A proposed gas plant could help reduce wasteful flaring in the northern region of the Bakken oil patch. Outrigger Energy, of Denver, wants to build a […]

BISMARCK, N.D. – A Denver company is proposing a 70-mile natural gas pipeline to a planned processing plant in western North Dakota. Officials say Outrigger Energy’s project brings to six […]

UNDATED –  It’s a new year, and with fresh starts in mind – hiring is up and the U.S. recently experienced a 50-year low in the national unemployment rate, for […]

UNDATED – Pier 1 Imports is closing nearly half its 942 stores as it struggles to draw consumers and compete online. The company said Monday it is closing up to […]

UNDATED – South Dakota gas prices have fallen 1.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.44/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 628 stations. Gas prices in […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The wet weather that caused flooding problems in much of the Midwest last year had one small benefit: electric generation from the Missouri River’s six upstream […]