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.

Rapid growth on the South Rim fire in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park forced immediate evacuations in Montrose ...

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Here in the Central Valley, Fresno was sued over its public defense system in 2015, leading to a settlement. Kern County was ...

Governor Larry Rhoden appointed Wipf to fill the vacant seat in the State Senate previously held by David Wheeler.

Jessica Rehfeld’s body was found in 2016 in rural South Dakota, one year after her boyfriend hired four men to carry out her ...

The Edgecombe County Board of Education concluded a series of public hearings last month that yielded a large turnout as ...

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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The South Dakota Supreme Court says a group that was trying to stop the state government’s plan to build a men’s prison in Lincoln County lacked legal ...

New series from the Association of Towns and Townships shares stories of rural workers who keep roads open and communities ...

The South Dakota Supreme Court says that the landowners group, NOPE, which opposed a men’s prison in Lincoln County, didn’t have legal standing to sue.