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South Dakota Searchlight Early voting begins today for South Dakota’s June 4 primary election. Before attempting to vote early, make sure you’re registered to vote. If you’re unsure about your status, check the state’s Voter [Read More…]

Jackie Hendry, SDPB, South Dakota News Watch SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota has more children in the foster system than families to care for them. On average, there were more than 1,000 children in [Read More…]

Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News HISLE, S.D. — Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young. Goodlow, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Over 21,500 South Dakotans have enrolled in Medicaid expansion since it became available in July 2023, representing about 16% of total Medicaid enrollment in the state. Medicaid is a joint [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The head of the South Dakota Department of Transportation dismissed the possibility of passenger rail in the state during a meeting of the Railroad Authority Board on Wednesday. Secretary Joel [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – The Department of Labor and Regulation Mitchell Job Service, in partnership with the Mitchell Daily Republic and Jobs HQ, will host a hiring event on Wednesday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. [Read More…]

A man died from injuries sustained in a high-level fall in Deadwood early Saturday morning, April 13. The incident was reported by his girlfriend, who alerted authorities when he did not return from downtown Deadwood. [Read More…]

Kevin Hardy, Stateline South Dakota state Sen. John Wiik likes to think of himself as a lookout of sorts — keeping an eye on new laws, programs and ideas brewing across the states. “I don’t [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The Bureau of Indian Affairs will send trainers to South Dakota to help finalize the certifications for any tribal trainees who take part in a special summer basic training course [Read More…]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — One of three people convicted of carjacking and kidnapping an FBI employee in South Dakota has been sentenced to 37 years in prison. Juan Alvarez-Sorto, 25, was sentenced Friday in federal court, [Read More…]

A tragic incident occurred in Sioux Falls on Saturday, where a 1.5-year-old toddler fell from a third-floor hotel window at Club House Hotel & Suites on Louise Avenue. The child was staying with his parents [Read More…]

A tragic collision between a Brookings school bus and a 16-year-old girl on a bicycle resulted in the girl’s death at the intersection of Fourth and Main in downtown Brookings on Friday morning, April 12th. [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight The Rosebud Sioux Tribe in south-central South Dakota is the fourth tribal nation to ban Gov. Kristi Noem from tribal lands this year. The Oglala Sioux Tribe banished Noem in [Read More…]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday a $25,000 increase in loan forgiveness available to primary care providers in designated underserved areas. That means qualifying individuals are eligible for up to $75,000 in forgiveness if [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight In response to hundreds of opposition comments, the Game, Fish and Parks Commission curtailed a proposal to expand waterfowl licenses for hunters from other states. “We’re not always going to rubber-stamp everything,” said [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Bureau of Indian Affairs police recruits in South Dakota need a training facility closer to home, South Dakota’s junior senator told the Department of Interior this week. Sen. Mike Rounds [Read More…]

  Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Several years of tuition freezes have helped make South Dakota’s public universities the most affordable for undergraduates in the region, according to new data. “As a result of this [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight The state Department of Corrections has decided to expand the number of allowable daily phone calls for inmates when tablet-based calling resumes on Friday after a pause that contributed to unrest [Read More…]