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Officials in Minnehaha County have lifted a burn ban. Commissioners issued a burn ban a few weeks ago because dry weather contributed to small planned…

May is Wildfire Awareness Month and with much of the state in a drought officials are urging homeowners to prepare for fire.SDPB’s Charles Michael Ray…

The Cold Brook Fire at Wind Cave National Park has now burned about 6,500 acres. That number includes the 1,000 acre controlled burn ignited on Monday…

The nearly 22-hundred acre prescribed burn planned for this spring in the southwestern corner of Wind Cave National Park has been postponed.Park…

Wind Cave National Park personnel are planning to conduct a prescribed burn this Sunday.The area set to be torched is substantial – but safety precautions…

The temperature in Rapid City topped 70 degrees on Thursday. While many city residents donned shorts and T-shirts—city officials enacted a burn ban. The…