The dollar hasn’t been stretching as far as it used to, especially at the pump. According to AAA gas prices are at the highest they’ve been all year with the national average at $3.19 over a $1.00 more than last year. But that isn’t the end of the story, for Western South Dakota tourism spikes the already high price of gas.
People make their way from all over the world to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, all because they share a love for motorcycles. For these two, it's a love that's also shared by husband and wife.
”People might of added 3-D parts, Nobody has built a 3-D bike. Especially with its animatronics, the jaw bites, it spits water or air at you, horns go up a foot and a half and they kick out.”
Evans' bike she brought this year to the rally is one of only 150 in the world, and if that doesn't make it unique enough, she spends her time away from rally events placing these crystals on her bike.
The Sturgis Rally is known for motorcycles and visiting bikers, but who would’ve guessed that you could find food from all different parts of the country and even the world?
For one group of Pennsylvania friends, it was a lifelong dream to come to Sturgis. However, the question of how they were going to get to South Dakota was left unanswered, until one of them purchased a yellow school bus.
Every year the Hills are alive with rumbling sound of motorcycles as bike enthusiasts hit the streets, but it isn’t always traditional motorcycles on the roads, sometimes it’s dirt bikes and occasionally mini dirt bikes.
There may be no more open container violations this year at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, now rally-goers have the green light to walk around with a beer or cup of wine for the very first time.
On Monday morning, Governor Noem tweeted about the auctioning of a painting in Deadwood whose proceeds will “benefit Treasured Lives, an organization dedicated to helping victims of human trafficking.” The title of the painting is “True Grit”, by artist, David Uhl.
With the Rally underway and attracting massive crowds from all over the nation into a small town of just over 5,000, it begs the question... when the hotels fill up, where are people staying?
At the Sturgis Rally, a common image that comes to mind are bikers in black leather. Well, it turns out that those bikers come in all shapes and sizes. Including the 4-legged and furry kind.
Last week we reported on a boy raising money at his lemonade stand for a children’s hospital and the rest for his future. This Sunday, he is being rewarded for his hard work.
Bikers and rally-goers are swarming Sturgis in its second day from starting... and one biker is being recognized, rewarded and honored for her service in the military and in the hospital.
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may be known for its big Harleys and Indian motorcycles, but dirt bikes and other two-wheel vehicles are taking center stage at Jackpine Gypsies during the rally. Ben Burns has a preview of what bikers and other guests can check out this week.
Bikers against Bullies made their way through the rain into Deadwood to raise money for a good cause. Bikers against Bullies has raised over $147,000 dollars
You spent hours on a plane, anticipating the arrival to your destination, only to realize that once you touch down there are no cars to rent and if there are, the price is a hefty one. You may think that only happens at far away tourist locations, but it’s a problem right here in Black Hills.
Fischer says her team is built on trust, and that they work closely with the Sturgis Doctors and ER staff, saying that their close relationship increases efficiency.
Tomorrow marks the official start to the Sturgis Rally, and after controversy of the event being labeled as a COVID-19 super spreader last year, there’s growing concerns about what this year might look like.
Marcia Johnston, president of the Sturgis Rally Charities Foundation, said that the city, and later Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Inc., would raise up to $100,000 for charity each year.
The City of Sturgis is partnering with the South Dakota Department of Health and Monument Health to provide COVID-19 self-test kits to be distributed during the 2021 City of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
A town with more than 6,000 people could be attracting a crowd the size of Denver, Colorado’s population this weekend, and this influx has law enforcement calling for back up.
There are less than 48 hours until then official kick off of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and vendors and businesses are preparing for the predictably large crowd.
The Rally is inching closer and closer, and the City is beginning to make adjustments to traffic in preparation for the hundreds of thousands of people who are soon to be at the City’s doorstep.
"Several of them are already open. The rest will be open by the end of the week I’d say,” says Christina Steele, Public Information Officer for the City of Sturgis.
Car crashes, forest fires, and medical traumas are just a few things the Rapid City Fire Department respond to, and right now those emergency response calls are not slowing down, as fighters fighters gear up for busy rally week.
