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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However harsher punishment for fatal crashes doesn’t always result in fewer pedestrian fatalities. -
An SDPB investigation shows most drivers who are not legally intoxicated and accidentally kill pedestrians avoid felonies and jail time. -
The Black Hills National Forest is working with stakeholders to protect and balance recreation, business, the environment and grazing land as it sees an explosion in off-road vehicle riders. -
Protests haven't stopped after the hotel manager said the hotel does not support the owner's statements and will not implement a ban. -
A 2015 outbreak impacted 50 million birds in 15 states. It cost the federal government nearly $1 billion and caused egg prices to spike. -
A popular conservative response to calls to boycott Russian oil is to restart the Keystone XL pipeline. But the pipeline company has already moved on and is selling land and other assets.
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"This has been possibly one of the longest, if not the longest, dockets that we have had," said Gary Hanson with the Public Utilities Commission. -
About 100 South Dakotans have relied on bottled water and a filtration system for nearly four years after Ellsworth Air Force Base learned it was contaminating drinking water with dangerous chemicals. -
The base expects to begin six construction projects this year. -
A spokesman said the Noem administration wanted the convoy to feel "welcome and respected in South Dakota, and that they could traverse the state safely without disrupting traffic."
