PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – Passengers boarding SkyWest Airlines planes at Pierre Regional Airport in 2019 reach nearly 15,000 and that was with only eight and a half months of... Read More
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Lawmakers weigh in on governor’s proposed budget
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Among the issues lawmakers will deal with when South Dakota’s 95th Legislative Session starts Tuesday is Gov. Kristi Noem’s FY2021 budget... Read More
Overweg brings ag background to District 19 position
NEW HOLLAND, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem made a couple of appointments to the legislature in District 19 this week. Representative Kyle Schoenfish... Read More
Thune says killing Iran leader sent strong message
WASHINGTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Iran struck back at the U.S. last night by firing a number of missiles at two Iraqi bases which house American soldiers. South Dakota Senator John... Read More
President of Oglala Sioux Tribe requesting federal help in meth battle
PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) – The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is asking for federal help in dealing with methamphetamine use on the reservation that he says has... Read More
PUC gives developer more time to install noise controls
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has given a wind developer more time to install noise controls on a project in the northeast part of the... Read More
Missing men on Pine Ridge Reservation presumed dead
PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) – Officials say they fear the two men missing on the Pine Ridge Reservation may have died of exposure. Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Emergency... Read More
Woman abducted in Sioux Falls found dead
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Police say a woman abducted in Sioux Falls has been found dead. The body of Pasqalina Esen Badi was found Monday afternoon along a road just outside... Read More
Corps not likely to increase releases from Gavins Point Dam
YANKTON, S.D. (DRG News) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn’t likely to accommodate a request to marginally increase releases from Gavins Point Dam at Yankton this... Read More
First amendment already part of USD Law School curriculum
VERMILLION, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota’s university campuses have become the focus of freedom of speech and first amendment rights. The legislature last year passed a law... Read More