August 2015

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — A Minnesota woman who in recent months opened a wildlife education center that houses wolf cubs and fox kits in Deadwood is selling its business property in the town. Owner Terri Petter tells the Black Hills Pioneer ( ) that Fur-Ever Wild has decided to sell its Deadwood location because of […]

BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (AP) — The Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce’s president says the organization is financially insolvent. Chamber President Mark Reese tells the Black Hills Pioneer ( ) that the organization needs funding to meet 2015 obligations and said the group is falling behind on its office rent. Reese says the group’s balance sheet […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The incoming superintendent of Badlands National Park says he’s open to a languishing plan to create a tribal national park in the Badlands. Recently named Superintendent Mike Pflaum tells the Rapid City Journal (http://bit.ly/1hqDiOA) that he wants to help repair relationships with tribal officials on issues including the plan. The […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Pennington County Commission is still deciding whether to endorse placing a site sacred to the Great Sioux Nation into a federal trust. The Rapid City Journal ( ) reports that county commissioners didn’t take action at a meeting where tribal representatives asked them to recommend the change to federal […]

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says one of its firefighters was killed Saturday evening in the Lake Tahoe area after he was struck by a tree while battling a wildfire. The agency says in a news release that the firefighter was hit about 5:30 p.m. while working in a remote area between […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Any volunteer group aiming to revitalize a city’s downtown and foster cultural opportunities faces that moment when members might wonder how, or if, they’re going to pull it off. But right out of the gate, the new Vermillion Downtown Cultural Association has a summer blockbuster of a project that couldn’t be […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The Black Hills have plenty of public art shows and galleries, but a few artists have found their most public exhibition yet: at the Rapid City Regional Airport. The airport’s Art Exhibition Program was unveiled on July 23. The program, which began in 2012 when Rapid City Regional Airport underwent […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 12-13-19-28-34 (twelve, thirteen, nineteen, twenty-eight, thirty-four)

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A recently released report from the U.S. Air Force shows a drone worth over $14 million that was being remotely piloted from Ellsworth Air Force Base was intentionally crashed last year somewhere over the Middle East following a mechanical failure. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) the report from […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — This year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is estimated to be one of the busiest on record, but officials with the state Highway Patrol says they’ve actually seen a decrease in drunken driving arrests. As of Saturday, the South Dakota Highway Patrol has made 200 DUI arrests in Sturgis and the surrounding […]