State/Local

Sanford Health Plan will be taking over as the primary health insurance provider for approximately 65,000 people in North Dakota after the state workers’ retirement system on Thursday ended its decades-old relationship with the state’s Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate. The new plan, which takes effect July 1, involves about 29,000 contracts covering current and […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City authorities have arrested a man in connection with the slaying of a man whose body was found early Thursday morning. Officers responded to a report of a disturbance around 12:20 a.m. at a home on Signal Drive and found the body of the man inside. The police and […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem says some of the most pressing issues facing Congress include fighting extremism abroad, trade agreements and overhauling the federal tax code. Noem said Congress could take a tip from South Dakotans about building the economy on Thursday in a speech to state lawmakers about the most […]

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) — The tribal president from Pine Ridge has asked for a federal civil rights investigation into reported harassment of Native American students at a hockey game at the Rapid City Civic Center. Oglala Sioux Tribe President John Yellow Bird Steele sent a letter to the U.S. attorney general and president on […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — More prominent marketing campaigns, fear of potential tax penalties and an overall better understanding of the nation’s health care law drove thousands of South Dakota residents to sign up for private health insurance during the second enrollment period that ended Sunday, health insurers said, resulting in a 60 percent increase […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota college students are lobbying lawmakers ahead of a state House vote on a measure that would allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on the six public university’s campuses. South Dakota Student Federation Executive Director Jess Peterson said a group of students urged lawmakers on […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The US. Department of Agriculture says there were 400 fewer small operation farms and ranches in South Dakota last year. The Department’s annual survey shows the state had about 31,700 farms and ranches in 2014. The state saw a net loss of 300 from 2013. While there were 100 more […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state House has voted down a measure that would allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on South Dakota’s six public university campuses. House lawmakers voted 48 to 20 to dismiss the proposal, which was opposed by student groups who lobbied lawmakers to deny the proposal. […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police are investigating the homicide of a man whose body was found early Thursday morning. Officers responded to a report of a disturbance around 12:20 a.m. on Signal Drive in Rapid City. There they found the body of the man, whom they have not identified. Police are in […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House has voted down a proposal that would allow people to carry concealed weapons in the state Capitol building. The House voted 45 to 24 on Wednesday against a plan that would remove the prohibition from state law. Republican Rep. Blaine Campbell of Rapid City says the present […]