Latest News

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Dr. Allie Alvine went to Pierre in 2020 with a concern and came home with a mission. At the state Capitol, she testified against a bill that would have repealed the immunization [Read More…]

Louisiana Republican state Rep. Kathy Edmonston believes no one ought to be required to vaccinate their children. So, she wants schools to proactively tell parents that it’s their right under Louisiana law to seek an [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Survey results indicate nearly two-thirds of South Dakota public school educators are teaching the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, but the number of respondents is lower than the last survey. The essential [Read More…]

Union County, S.D.- A 55-year-old man died Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash six miles north of Montrose, SD. The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information [Read More…]

Nada Hassanein, Stateline Rural children and families are having to skip vital health treatments and even ending up in the emergency room, while already struggling rural clinics are losing more patients, as states cull their [Read More…]

WASHINGTON — Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick were the most bipartisan members of Congress last year, according to a newly released analysis from the Lugar Center and the McCourt [Read More…]

Charlie Adelson, serving a life sentence for orchestrating the 2014 murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel, has been relocated to South Dakota, over 1,800 miles from the crime scene. Records from the Florida [Read More…]

Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana announced Thursday it has likely crossed one of two significant hurdles as it tries to get the issue on the ballot  for the third straight election [Read More…]

PIERRE S.D. – Travel South Dakota is partnering with the U.S. Travel Association and communities across the state to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW), May 19-25, 2024. NTTW recognizes the industry’s role in keeping our [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. –  A traffic change is planned for Monday, May 20, 2024, as part of the final phase of the 41st Street Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) project in Sioux Falls. This traffic change [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight A state office said Thursday that a petition seeking to reinstate abortion rights has enough valid signatures to make the Nov. 5 ballot, but opponents have already promised a legal [Read More…]

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Gold production was up and silver production was way up last year at South Dakota’s only active large-scale gold mine, according to new numbers reviewed Thursday by a state board. [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota’s federal courts once again have a full slate of judges after the U.S. Senate voted 90-4 on Thursday to confirm Camela Theeler’s nomination to the federal bench. The [Read More…]

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and advocates rallied outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, urging House lawmakers to extend a fund for victims of U.S. nuclear testing that is set to expire in less than a month. But [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight A state government board recently approved three loans to businesses totaling $3.5 million. The Board of Economic Development approved the loans, which will be administered by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. [Read More…]

A fire involving a 15-passenger van in Brookings on Tuesday night caused significant damage to the vehicle but resulted in no injuries. According to Brookings Fire Chief Pete Bolzer, the incident occurred around 9:11 p.m. [Read More…]

Authorities have identified the man killed in a shooting Tuesday night in Vermillion as 38-year-old Chase Kinchen. Kinchen, who violated a protection order, forced his way into a home armed with a handgun and threatened [Read More…]

Editor’s note: This is the ninth in a series of stories on children that Jackie Hendry, producer and host of SDPB’s “South Dakota Focus” is writing for South Dakota News Watch. Each month, she previews the [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Eight of nine tribal governments in the state of South Dakota have endorsed the banishment of Gov. Kristi Noem from their lands. The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe unanimously approved a [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Gov. Kristi Noem appointed a former Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety chief to a post in the state’s Department of Tribal Relations on Tuesday, alleging he “found himself [Read More…]