Arielle Zionts
KHN ReporterArielle Zionts, Rural Health Care Correspondent, is based in South Dakota. She primarily covers South Dakota and its neighboring states and tribal nations.
Arielle previously worked at South Dakota Public Broadcasting, where she reported on business and economic development. Before that, she was the criminal justice reporter at the Rapid City Journal and a general assignment reporter at the Nogales International, on the border of Arizona and Mexico. She graduated from Pitzer College in Claremont, California. Arielle lives in Rapid City with her cat, Sully.
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A snow leopard at the Sioux Falls zoo died after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. The five remaining big cats also have signs of the virus. -
South Dakota Mines has received a $4 million donation, its largest ever, and renamed its Chemical and Biological Engineering Department after the late alumna Karen Swindler, whose family made the donation in her honor. -
The South Dakota Water Management Board unanimously voted against reopening a uranium mine permitting process while the company's federal permits remain in limbo. -
Leaked documents show that Sioux Falls trust companies hold millions of dollars, some of which is tied to leaders and companies accused of human-rights abuses. -
Debra Jenner, who murdered her 3-year-old daughter in 1987, was granted parole after initially being sentenced to life in prison. -
NewsThe South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a Rapid City police officer used excessive force against a "non-resisting" teen girl. -
NewsThe Rapid City Police Department says it appears that a young mother shot and killed herself and her 4-year-old son.
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A high-tech battery factory plans to bring more than 1,200 jobs to Rapid City. -
The Rope Access Team recently rappelled down Mount Rushmore to calibrate sensors that monitor "rock blocks" in the granite. -
A former Rapid City priest convicted of stealing nearly $260,000 from the diocese has now admitted to filming a teen parishioner in the shower.
