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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South Dakotans will vote on expanding Medicaid eligibility on the November ballot but might face a taller hurdle to approve it. -
While some local South Dakota businesses have struggled during the pandemic, others have seen success by expanding e-commerce, online messaging, and social media services. -
South Dakota's two ski resorts are opening on a limited basis but are still hoping for more workers and snow. -
The South Dakota minimum wage will increase Jan. 1 from $9.45 to $9.95 an hour. -
The numbers are still coming in but South Dakota retailers expect shopping sales to be higher than 2020. -
A new report says the state government of South Dakota increased its total reserves by 42.2% in one year mostly due to federal COVID relief aid. -
South Dakota has the second highest labor force participation rate in the country but still has a major gap between the number of open jobs and people looking for work. -
A Milbank man is accused of killing his brother and pregnant sister-in-law with a baseball bat and machete before leaving them undiscovered for days. -
South Dakota gets more locally operated electrical vehicle charging stations after challenges with the supply chain, competition from a national charging network, and an industry shakeup from billionaire Elon Musk. -
A Sioux Falls-based bank has one year to change its name and complete a full rebrand after a $60 million cash deal with Facebook's parent company.
