The Rapid City Fire Department handled two separate fires early this morning with no injuries reported. At 12:30 a.m., crews responded to a fast-moving grass fire near the I-90 and I-190 interchange.

Trevon Spotted Eagle, 31, pleaded guilty Monday in Pennington County to two counts of aggravated assault for a 2024 shooting on East North Street in Rapid City. Police say he shot a man in the head ...

Testimony in the Surfwood murder trial wrapped up Monday closing the state’s case against three defendants accused in a gang‑related double homicide in a Rapid City apartment. Joseph Standing Bear, 29 ...

Senate Joint Resolution 507 would ask voters to set the state sales tax at 5 percent and put the extra half penny into a homeowner relief fund. The Department of Revenue pushed back. Jason Evans of ...

Senate Bill 96 was passed on Monday. The bill, introduced at the request of Gov. Larry Rhoden, passed 20-to-14 and would let county commissions choose to add up to one-half percent (a half-cent on the ...

A proposal to bar certain top state employees from donating to the campaigns of the candidates who oversee them failed in the House on Monday, as lawmakers rejected HB 1278 by a 47–20 vote.

House Bill 1160 had been defeated by the House Health and Human Services Committee but was brought to the full House on a procedural measure. The full House sends the bill to the South Dakota Senate ...

South Dakota House members narrowly rejected a bill Monday that would have allowed businesses to opt out of paying into the state’s Future Fund, voting 36–31 against the proposal. HB 1230, sponsored ...

According to the latest National Children’s Health Survey nearly half of South Dakota children under age 5 are not ready for school, with only 58.4% of parents reporting their 3‑ to 5‑year‑olds are ...

A bill to reimburse South Dakota K‑12 schools for reduced‑price meals advanced Monday after the House Appropriations Committee approved HB 1082 on a 7–2 vote. The measure, estimated to cost $630,000 ...

The City of Summerset is considering a new regulation that would ban mining operations within city limits and nearby areas. The move comes as neighboring Piedmont faces strong pushback from landowners ...

Today is Crossover Day in the South Dakota Legislature, the deadline by which most bills must pass their chamber of origin or die for the year. Lawmakers have faced a heavy workload ahead of the ...