For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism officials across the state are feeling cautious, and perhaps even a ...

The Sustaining Black Hills Nonprofits Fund looks to offer short-term bridge funding for Black Hills nonprofits.

The Trump administration wants to fast-track logging in the Black Hills. What could go wrong? A lot, say tribes, scientists, ...

Take your motorcycle on an adventure through South Dakota. This one incredible city welcomes bikers with fun events, cool ...

Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight Production at South Dakota’s only active, large-scale gold mine climbed to its highest level in eight years, according to a new 2024 annual report. The Wharf ...

Production at South Dakota’s only active ... is near the city of Lead and the Terry Peak Ski Area in the northern Black Hills. The mine produced 98,042 ounces of gold last year — nearly ...

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A recent report finds drug overdose deaths across all 50 states could reach its lowest level since 2019, but South Dakota is an outlier. On May 14, a provisional ...

The South Dakota Attorney General Office's Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into the deaths of two inmates in Sioux Falls, who died three days apart. Tony Mangan, communications ...

MITCHELL, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - Matthew Pearson found a successful career in the wind energy industry purely by chance. After graduating from high school in Vermillion, Pearson knew he ...

The project, which is being run by the Black South West Network (BSWN), aims to preserve and share the cultural heritage of black and racial minority communities over the next three years.