The Volante

TEA, S.D. (AP) — A fire in Tea has destroyed the industrial building in which it started Tuesday morning. Officials say the fire began around 9:30 a.m. at the Huck Finn Painting Company, located in an industrial area of the town. The fire is now out but burned for several hours and filled the sky […]

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — It is likely the most unique and definitely the most diverse archaeological collection in the state. Soon, Deadwood Historic Preservation officials will be able to fill in one more piece of the Chinatown puzzle, as the office’s Chinese transcription project seeks to date and document specific objects within the collection to […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The House has approved a proposal to overhaul conflict-of-interest laws for South Dakota public employees in response to the investment-for-visa scandal that dominated last year’s U.S. Senate race. The House on Tuesday voted 67-1 for the measure, which broadens state law to prohibit state employees or officers from directly benefiting from […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A state Senate panel has defeated a proposal that would allow people in South Dakota to carry a concealed pistol without a permit. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-1 on Tuesday against the measure, which would have removed the requirement for a concealed pistol permit from state law. Openly carrying a […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota state Senate has voted to kill a bill allowing sergeants-at-arms to carry concealed weapons in the state Capitol. The Senate voted 34-1 on Tuesday to table the bill. Republican Sen. Brock Greenfield had been pushing for the bill. Greenfield said Tuesday he requested the bill be tabled because […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House of Representatives has voted to not consider a measure that would end the state’s involvement in the Common Core educational standards. The House voted 39-31 on Tuesday as part of procedural maneuvering not to schedule the bill to be on the calendar for Wednesday’s floor session. Aberdeen […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican congressional delegation is criticizing the president’s veto of a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Sen. John Thune, South Dakota’s senior senator, says President Barack Obama’s veto is disappointing but not surprising. The pipeline proposed by TransCanada Corp. would transport Canadian oil through […]

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — It is likely the most unique and definitely the most diverse archaeological collection in the state. Soon, Deadwood Historic Preservation officials will be able to fill in one more piece of the Chinatown puzzle, as the office’s Chinese transcription project seeks to date and document specific objects within the collection to […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — For decades, about the closest look you could get of Yankton’s Meridian Bridge was through the window of your vehicle as you crossed over the Missouri River. Much of the admiring of the unique double-decker design and criss-crossed beams had to be done from afar. But after it was closed in […]