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 man arrested in Rapid City is facing four federal charges after being accused of assaulting police officers with aerosol spray during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. -
Congress has approved President Joe Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. What does that mean for South Dakota? -
A Sioux Falls man is accused of murdering his eight-week-old son on Saturday. -
Two people are dead and two are injured after shootings in Rapid City that occurred less than 12 hours apart. -
A high ranking leader at Ellsworth Air Force Base has been removed from his position after an investigation found he engaged in "inappropriate conduct." -
Companies that want a loan from South Dakota's flagship financing fund must pay their workers at least $15 an hour. -
The state of South Dakota wants to spend part of its $1 billion federal coronavirus relief package on health care — but the proposed projects aren't directly aimed at ending the pandemic. -
The Department of Defense will use stratospheric balloons developed by a South Dakota company. -
The state of South Dakota still has nearly $1 billion of federal coronavirus relief money, and some state officials want to spend most of it on water projects. -
Grit, determination, and stamina. These are characteristics many South Dakotans claim, and maybe we learned them from watching the buffalo roam.Sixty buffalo from Wind Cave National Park are now grazing on the Rosebud Reservation. It's part of the park's efforts to thin its bison herd, while also contributing to tribal food sovereignty initiatives.
