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A Level 1 status means that COVID-19 cases in Pennington County are increasing by less than 50% from the two weeks prior.

Spearfish Bed and Breakfast is busier this year than they have been for a while.

The Lead-Deadwood school district receives about $387,000 from the Coronavirus Relief Fund.

Monument Health is hopeful the new facility will give them an advantage when it comes to bringing in and keeping cardiovascular doctors right here in Rapid City.

Affordable housing in Rapid City is an issue many groups are trying to tackle.

A man wanted in connection to a Sept. 6 shooting death received a formal reading of his charges.

Scientists have been studying him for the past two decades and now it’s time for him to go to his forever home.

A former South Dakota state senator is fighting a legal battle for allegedly reporting physical threats to her person and her life.

Administrators have taken on the extra work of assisting contact tracing investigations from the Department of Health to keep track of which students could be exposed to someone with an infection.

She was headlining a Thursday event sponsored by Workers for Trump.

The new death is reported as a Union County resident and brings the state total to 193.

She said “due to a law enforcement-related issue in the vicinity” doors were locked and no one was permitted to enter or exit the building.

The Pierre Community Work Center went from 19 to 105 Wednesday, the Department of Corrections said. The active cases among those inmates stand at 102.

Christopher Gengler, a volunteer firefighter of Spearfish fire department for 30-plus years, responded to a call on Sunday night and was suspected of drinking alcohol beforehand.

All high school football, volleyball and soccer games are postponed this week in Pierre because of an increase in COVID-19 cases.

The number of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 is still on the rise here in South Dakota.

Tourism season and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally brought August numbers back up to the tens of thousands.

From dorm and apartment-style to curtain divided areas.

Monument Health warns of a scam in the Black Hills in which someone who claims to be with “Regional Health” calls and asks for personal information.

Many people buying a gun now are first-time buyers.

A new after school art program at the Dahl Arts Center.

The Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and Four Directions, a voting rights group, brought the lawsuit against the South Dakota Secretary of State, Department of Public Safety, Department of Social Services and Department of Labor and Regulation.

A federal judge approved a settlement in a legal challenge against the practice of some South Dakota law enforcement agencies of using forced catheterizations to obtain urine samples.

The South Dakota Department of Health reported eight new deaths due to COVID-19 Wednesday.

Michael Tang ranks among was chosen as a semifinalist among about 16,000 high school seniors from across the U.S.

According to a post on the Douglas Schools Facebook page, all schools in the district were placed on secured status due to a possible threat at Douglas High School.

The Rapid City Police Department has secured approval from the Community Reward Fund to offer a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the apprehension of 22-year-old Jamys Flying Horse.

One Black Hills Vinyl owner attributes this to vinyl being passed down and trendy once again.

At this time Mayor Steve Allende doesn't believe there will be a mask mandate anytime soon in Rapid City.

The cause of the fire has been ruled an accident.