Seth Tupper
Supervising senior producerSeth grew up in Wessington Springs and Kimball, graduated from Kimball High School, and earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from South Dakota State University.
He previously reported for the Rapid City Journal, The Daily Republic in Mitchell, and The Daily Globe in Worthington, Minnesota.
He is the author of "Calvin Coolidge in the Black Hills," a contributor to the Fodor's guidebook "The Black Hills of South Dakota," and the co-author of "Surviving the '72 Flood."
He won a national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2021 for his investigative report on the political and environmental ramifications of fireworks displays at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Seth is based at SDPB's Black Hills Studio in Rapid City.
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The 50th anniversary of the Black Hills Flood of 1972 on June 9 is a time to honor the 238 lives lost, and it also brings a flood of memories for survivors. Some of those survivors are telling their stories to SDPB. Every week between now and the anniversary, we’ll bring you one of those stories. -
A law passed more than three decades ago still controls the number of nursing-home beds in South Dakota. And this year a Native American tribe is asking the Legislature for an exception. -
A law passed more than three decades ago still controls the number of nursing-home beds in South Dakota. And this year a Native American tribe is asking the Legislature for an exception. SDPB’s Seth Tupper explains the history and logic behind the policy in this installment of our series, “Why is That?” -
The 50th anniversary of the Black Hills Flood of 1972 on June 9th is a time to honor the 238 lives lost. It also brings a flood of memories for survivors. Some of those survivors are telling their stories to SDPB. -
This week, we hear from Robbie Corner. He was a teenager who was out with friends when the flood began. When he tried to reach his mother’s home near Rapid Creek in western Rapid City, he found it surrounded by fast-moving water and debris. -
The news is full of references this winter to the potential impeachment of South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. Many reports call it an unprecedented situation – the first time the Legislature has formally considered impeaching a public official. As it turns out, this is at least the second time the South Dakota media has proclaimed a first-ever impeachment process. -
Take A Moment: We remember the Black Hills Flood of 1972, 50 years later. This week we hear from Warren Nelson. -
Gov. Kristi Noem took aim at several targets during her recent State of the State address, and she reserved some of her sharpest criticism for a surprising topic. -
South Dakota’s budget is brimming with federal money.The Legislative Research Council has added it all up. It says the federal government has sent more than $11 billion of total pandemic aid to South Dakota people, businesses and government agencies since March of 2020. -
Governor Kristi Noem acknowledges a big portion of the revenue in her proposed budget is from outside the state.“It’s a giant handout from Washington, D.C.," she said Tuesday during her annual budget address at the Capitol in Pierre.
