Custer, & Custer County South Dakota

Some Black Hills residents near Custer are concerned with the results of recent government-backed logging program.

A Pennington County judge has denied the request of a Custer man convicted of vehicular homicide for an adjusted sentence.

A series of public informational meetings has been scheduled by the state Department of Transportation in communities across South Dakota.

Game, Fish and Parks commissioners voted to deny a hound petition and allowed the Custer State Airport license to lapse in their latest meeting.

State officials said 22,590 visitors attended the roundup last Friday.

On a beautiful early autumn day in Custer State Park, thousands of people come from all over the world to see one thing – American bison cascading over the open prairie. From politicians to tourists, it seems visitors can’t get enough of the roundup.

South Dakota Public Broadcasting's coverage of the 2023 Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup

More than 1,000 buffalo from across the park will be rounded up for health checks and auctioning. Around 15,000 to 22,000 spectators will attend the event.

Film produced by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad as a tourism promotion shows people on horseback rounding-up the Custer State Park Buffalo herd in 1938.

SDPB takes a look at the wranglers of the Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup