June 2015

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Native American reservations could produce much more of the country’s solar and wind energy, but the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs largely has hindered energy development on tribal lands, the investigative arm of Congress has found. The BIA often has the final say in approving documents that would clear the way […]

WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) — Police in Watertown have concluded that the death of a 22-year-old man whose body was found this morning was the result of an accidental fall while climbing on the exterior of a building. Police officers responded to a report of an unresponsive man behind the Hubbard Feeds building in Watertown Wednesday […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Residents of South Dakota’s two largest cities won’t get a chance to go down a 1,000-foot waterslide this summer. Organizers of Slide the City say they could not reach an agreement with officials in Rapid City and Sioux Falls to install the huge waterslide on city streets. Minutes from the […]

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) — Federal education officials have given Pine Ridge School in western South Dakota $218,000 to help students and teachers in their recovery from a string of student suicides and attempts. The school serves the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It requested the money after seeing a significant […]

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — Officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs in western South Dakota say a study examining the impacts of reconfiguring the VA system in the Black Hills has been delayed. The VA announced plans in early 2014 to study the environmental, social and economic effects of restructuring its services in the […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Milwaukee man to 20 years in prison for pimping two girls. The U.S. Attorney’s office said Wednesday that 37-year-old Troy Randle was sentenced on two counts of sex trafficking. Prosecutors say Randle began prostituting two girls from the time they were 14 through their 17th birthdays, […]

Editors: Please note that The Associated Press welcomes editorial contributions from members for the weekly Editorial Roundup. Three editorials are selected every week. Contributions can be made by email at [email protected]. ___ Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, June 14, 2015 Proposed pension changes positive move By every measure, South Dakota has one of the best-run […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A man involved in a 14-hour armed standoff with law officers at an Aberdeen hotel in March now faces robbery and accessory charges in armed holdups at two casinos in the city. The American News reports ( ) that 37-year-old Gregory Two Hearts was indicted in March in the casino robberies […]

WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) — Watertown police are investigating what they’re calling a suspicious death. KWAT radio reports that officers responded to a report of an unresponsive man behind the Hubbard Feeds building Wednesday morning. They found the body of a man believed to be in his late teens or early 20s. Authorities are working to […]

WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — A company proposing an oil pipeline from western North Dakota to Illinois has received permission for a large crude terminal near Watford City, along with heavy criticism for what some landowners say is arrogance. The Bismarck Tribune reports ( ) that the McKenzie County Commission on Tuesday approved zoning for […]