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PIERRE – The South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) has paused implementation of its plan to provide full benefits to SNAP recipients by November 10. The pause results from a United States Supreme Court’s [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar-South Dakota Searchlight The state of South Dakota opened its $20 million, 400-acre shooting range complex Friday. Members of the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission and other dignitaries were on hand for a [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley is crediting interagency cooperation that led to indictment of nine people involved with a cocaine trafficking network in Davison County. “This is about local law enforcement, of course the Mitchell Police [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley says nine suspects, eight men and one woman, have been indicted in connection to a cocaine distribution network that operated in Davison County. Three of the suspects also are being investigated [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar-South Dakota Searchlight The rift between an oversight committee and the state’s medical marijuana industry widened Tuesday in Pierre when the committee approved 11 motions, some of which called for tighter regulations. The motions [Read More…]

Following nearly two and a half hours of discussion and review, the Mitchell School Board set three future goals during Tuesday’s work session. Superintendent Joe Childs facilitated the selection process.  He says the first goal [Read More…]

A 66 year old man from Aberdeen has been arrested on felony charges of Solicitation of Second-Degree Rape, Possession of Child Pornography, and Unlawful Use of a Computer System. “These allegations raise serious safety and [Read More…]

South Dakota News Watch-Bart Pfankuch BIG STONE CITY, S.D. – This small city in northeastern South Dakota already serves as a major hub for energy – it is home to a coal-fired power plant, a [Read More…]

Even though the federal government is at a virtual stand-still over the Senate’s failure to pass a continuing resolution to keep funding operations, Congressman Dusty Johnson says there’s other work going on behind the scenes [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber-South Dakota Searchlight A South Dakota legislative leader predicted he can “almost assure” that “every legislator” will support reforms addressing inmate rehabilitation and recidivism during the legislative session that begins in January. Sioux Falls [Read More…]

A hit and run driver injured a Rapid City woman Saturday evening in a single vehicle crash on North Elk Vale Road in Rapid City, SD. The name of the person involved has not been [Read More…]

By: Joshua Haiar-South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota’s top state government budget official warned Thursday that the current budget cycle “is playing out to be another belt-tightening year.” Bureau of Finance and Management Commissioner Jim Terwilliger [Read More…]

The South Dakota Association for Fundraising Professionals is proud to announce Roger and Vicki Musick as the recipients of the prestigious 2025 Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year award. The Musicks will be honored at a [Read More…]

South Dakota Public Broadcasting announced today that it will retain 7 of the 15 positions previously identified for layoffs, thanks to an outpouring of community support, emergency fundraising, and strategic realignments within the organization. In [Read More…]