On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a closer look at the ramifications of Minnesota becoming the 23rd state to legalize marijuana.

This year's Black Hills Renaissance Festival will include a jousting contest for people to enjoy.

Local journalism remains the most trusted news source. However, newsrooms are under pressure to keep communities informed, while cutting staff.

Miranda O’Bryan, an evening news anchor for KOTA Territory News and KEVN Black Hills Fox, was crowned Miss South Dakota 2023 Saturday night in Brookings.

Ensuring your native language is remembered is a task most people will never have to take on but for some people, it’s a very real concern.

A cancer diagnosis can be one of the toughest challenges people go through, especially if you have to do without support from friends and family.

A Searchlight review of budget documents, public testimony, legislation, and state laws pertaining to the fund revealed a common thread: references to the fund being intended for expenses within the state’s borders.

Friday’s graduation was held in the George S. Mickelson Criminal Justice Center in Pierre.

Vern Anderson grew up in Geddes, South Dakota, and currently resides in Sioux Falls. He served in the Navy and the Fleet Marine Force as a hospital corpsman between 1966 and 1970.

The bipartisan measure averts the potential of an unprecedented government default that would have rocked the U.S. and global economies.

More cities are opting to embrace bees; and that's a good thing.

Annual Golden Coyote exercise brings military units from across the country into the Black Hills.