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Molly Wetsch/South Dakota News Watch Two years after former Gov. Kristi Noem was banned from all nine tribal nations in South Dakota and one year after her departure from office, some tribal leaders said the [Read More…]

Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor Tribal leaders in the Dakotas are urging their citizens to carry tribal IDs and other forms of identification amid reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detaining Native Americans in Minnesota. [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight People planning to testify at legislative committee hearings during the 2026 South Dakota legislative session must pre-register on the Legislature’s website, according to an announcement by the Legislative Research Council. The budget committees utilized [Read More…]

Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — The South Dakota coalition that successfully pushed for a state ban on eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines last winter will propose broader limits on eminent domain and more [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch With a slate of hot-button policy issues on the table and limited funding to work with, state Sen. Jim Mehlhaff of Pierre said it is difficult to predict how [Read More…]

MITCHELL, S.D. — Davison County Jail will begin routing most inmate mail through a new digital scanning system starting Feb. 1, a move jail officials say is designed to improve safety, reduce contraband and speed [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight It’s expensive to extend fiber-optic cable to the remaining locations in South Dakota that don’t have high-speed internet, so the state is leaning into providers offering service from satellites in space. [Read More…]

Minnehaha County, S.D.- A Mitchell, South Dakota woman died Monday from injuries sustained during a January 3 hit and run crash near Humboldt, South Dakota. Preliminary crash information indicates Patricia Dianne Archambeau, the driver of a [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota’s top law enforcement official wants lawmakers to stiffen penalties for selling drugs in prison and making deepfake pornography, to create consumer protections for DNA data, and to give internet [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – On Tuesday, Governor Larry Rhoden will deliver his 2026 State of the State Address to a joint session of the South Dakota Legislature. This address will take place in the South Dakota House [Read More…]

Amanda Watford/Stateline VANDALIA, Mo. — Kathy Briggs slipped her arms through the thick straps of a brand-new baby carrier, tugging it over her beige shirt as two other women stood beside her, tightening buckles and [Read More…]

Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight Custer State Park’s main highways and trails are open to visitors after last month’s high-speed winds swept through western South Dakota, but officials are warning visitors to stay aware of their [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Failure to disclose past misconduct by a law enforcement officer can be enough to overturn a criminal conviction, even if that misconduct was decades old and unrelated to the crime that [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch HILL CITY, S.D. – Kristen Kilcoin has experienced the good and the bad of the nearly three-year project to rebuild and widen a long stretch of U.S. 385, the only [Read More…]