Rapid City & Pennington County, South Dakota

A defense attorney says a conviction in a shooting death case raises concerns over just how well South Dakota self-defense law is understood.

Over a decade has passed since the initial proposal of a Rapid City Indigenous community center. Now it approaches reality with a looming hearing and fundraising push.

Under the proposal, the use of banners on downtown streetlamps would be restricted to purely governmental use, which has local pride groups in arms.

It’s a silent day at a Rapid City shopping center, but it’s anything but normal. Well over 100 people donned in all black are protesting without saying a word.

President Donald Trump’s on again, off again trade war is on pause for 90-days. But lingering concern over tariffs brings light to how international markets touch South Dakota in both large industry and small business.

The Black Hills Defense and Industry Symposium is on in Rapid City this week, bringing major military and manufacturers to the area to discuss major developments. Developments like the stealth bomber of tomorrow, to be housed at Ellsworth.

A jury is convicting a man accused of shooting and killing another man in a Rapid City parking lot.

The Rapid City Police Department is investigating the death of a man in a makeshift encampment under the I-190 bridge as a homicide.

Two wards have no opposition and are presumably easy carries for their longtime incumbents, though other races have multiple candidates.

South Dakota Mines hasn’t hosted a speech team in a half-century, but its legacy is living on through a new tournament.