It’s been a long battle that began in late 2023 when the DOC announced its intent to build a new state penitentiary in rural Lincoln County, catching landowners by surprise.

More than 62,000 acres of privately owned land has opened to public access across South Dakota through a Public Access to Habitat program.

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Ahhhh, South Dakota. The home of two Time Zones, the Central Standard and Mountain Standard Time Zones. Let's face it, when traveling through the Mount Rushmore State, trying to keep track of which ...

See live updates of South Dakota election results from the 2024 election, including House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.

Local, state, tribal, and federal fire response continues through a historic fire situation in North Dakota.

In one of these counties, an average of more than 75% of voters cast ballots for the Democratic candidate over the same four general elections. These are the most Democratic counties in South Dakota.

One dusty oval in Woodruff, South Carolina, was such a track, though recently captured Google Maps images show it’s been cleared of the trees and weeds that dominated it for decades.

State and local officials look back on the 2020 presidential election and determine if any changes are necessary for the 2024 election.

Three South Dakota counties will ask voters during the June 4 primary if they should ban the use of tabulator machines in future local elections. If the measures pass, the auditor’s offices in ...

Three rural South Dakota counties are set to vote Tuesday on whether they will return to counting ballots by hand, an initiative based on concerns stemming from machine tabulation.

Voters in at least three South Dakota counties will decide whether ballots in future elections will be counted by hand.