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WAGNER, S.D. – The CEO of one of the state’s largest nonprofit social services agencies, who was the subject of a federal sexual harassment and toxic workplace settlement in 2022, […]
PIERRE, S.D. Biofuels are painted as a greener energy alternative to fossil fuels but a new study found the industry produces plenty of its own air pollutants. American biofuel plants reported […]
LEAD, S.D. – Gold production was up and silver production was way up last year at South Dakota’s only active large-scale gold mine, according to new numbers reviewed Thursday by […]
PIERRE, S.D. – There are nearly 150,000 miles of rivers and streams in South Dakota, but new data show many of those don’t meet state standards for safe water quality. […]
HURON, S.D. – Operators of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) have a unique opportunity for environmental training on December 6, 2023, at the Crossroads Convention Center in Huron. This essential […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The Great Plains lost 1.6 million acres of grasslands in 2021. That’s according to a World Wildlife Fund report released on Thursday, detailing the loss of grasslands […]
HILL CITY, S.D. – After being turned away from a previous location near Mt. Rushmore National Monument, a company looking for lithium in the Black Hills is planning another drilling […]
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota’s one active gold mine is getting bigger – and so will the amounts of environmental insurance the site must have. The state Board of Minerals […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Dan Ahlers has resigned as the executive director of the South Dakota Democratic Party, saying, “It is clear the Chair is not interested […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The City of Rapid City is being sued by local cattle ranchers for, what they claim, years of pollution and the harmful effects the landfill has […]
PIERRE — The lack of any sign-ups for a multimillion-dollar water quality program is evidence that agricultural operations need even more incentives to keep waste out of waterways, according to […]
CUSTER, S.D. – Critics of a city’s decision to release treated wastewater into a scenic and historic Black Hills creek say it could pollute the water and is being done […]
WITCHITA, KS – Bill and Chris Pannbacker welcome a visitor to their land, driving him him up a steep pasture hill, covered with rich brown carpet of prairie grass. But […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments of a case between Idaho landowners and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a dispute that could redefine the scope […]
PIERRE, SD – The South Dakota Department of Revenue reminds landowners that applications for the riparian buffer strip property tax incentive must be submitted by Oct. 14. Eligible riparian buffer […]
CHEYENNE, WY – More than 300 jobs in Wyoming will be created to clean up and plug so-called orphaned oil and gas wells on public lands, funded in part by […]
RENO, NV – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced that JY Ferry & Son, Inc. in Corinne, Utah, is the 2021 Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) national winner. The […]
MANDAN, ND – Access to adequate, good quality water will continue to be a challenge for ranchers in North Dakota this spring, according to North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension […]
MADISON, WI – A recent study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that corn ethanol is a larger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline. The analysis, published […]
BISMARCK, ND – North Dakota’s Legislature soon will see turnover, as more lawmakers announce they won’t seek re-election. Various reasons are cited, but some mention the heated rhetoric in policy […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of agricultural organizations, backed by funding from a handful of foundations, has formed a new group to champion the creation of a voluntary USDA climate […]
RAPID CITY, SD – Upon taking office, President Joe Biden released several executive orders, among them Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad” (86 Fed. Reg. […]
RAPID CITY, SD – The U.S. Senate confirmed New Mexico Representative Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary. That department has a lot to do with federal land management across the country. […]
WASHINGTON, DC – President Joe Biden has revoked a presidential cross-border permit allowing the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s communications director Ian Fury issued […]
Ellen Lorraine (Reese) Price was born at home on April 5, 1931 in Ziebach County, North of Faith, […]
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