Custer, & Custer County South Dakota

The South Dakota Supreme Court rules against a conservation group in a case pitting state law against local ordinances.

The Black Hills National Forest is giving a Minnesota-based company one year to explore for gold near Custer.

Authorities are investigating a homicide in the southern Black Hills.

Eva Studt is a student-athlete at the University of Sioux Falls and lives with ADHD. She discusses what she wishes her parents and teachers knew about her diagnosis.

University of Sioux Falls athlete, Eva Studt lives with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and says running helps her focus and improves her overall mental wellbeing.

Each year the community of Custer constructs a giant beetle that is burned at the annual Burning Beetle, a festival that brings people together around the idea of defending the Black Hills forest against the mountain pine beetle.

The Custer community will once again set a beetle effigy alight. We talk about the philosophy behind the event and how to be a good neighbor in the national forest.

The South Dakota Retailers Association recognizes three local businesses in the state for excellence in business and the community.

Once on the chopping block, the Custer Care and Rehab Center welcomed its first resident this week.

A hard-rock lithium exploration company is expanding a drilling project south of Custer by up to seven-fold. Longview Minerals said it’s looking to drill up to eight holes across 31 new pads on private property in the southern Black Hills, at a maximum dept of 850 feet.