Mark Vargo

Efforts are underway to create Oyate Court, a criminal justice partnership between state prosecutors and tribal representatives in Tripp County, South Dakota.

Outgoing Attorney General Mark Vargo is announcing the formation of a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Advisory Council. That group is comprised of advocates, prosecutors and law enforcement from BIA, tribal and state agencies. State lawmakers will also sit on the council.

Attorney General Mark Vargo says the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person liaison could start by the beginning of November.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul has overturned a Rapid City federal court's finding that South Dakota agencies systematically violated the…

Reports of hate crimes to the FBI have gone up over the past two years. But what constitutes a hate crime is frequently misunderstood. If the intent…

The Pennington County State's Attorney is adding four new employees to handle additional responsibilities of working with crime victims.The expansion of…

Drunk-driving laws have been on the books for more than a century. But after all those years of legislation and case law, the bugs still haven't been…

The American Indian population in Rapid City is about 12 percent, but Native people account for almost 60 percent of arrests. And because of societal…