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South Dakota Searchlight A Pennington County grand jury has charged a Rapid City man with manslaughter for the August 2022 death of a transgender Native American woman. The Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday [Read More…]

Firefighting is inherently risky, but the long-term effects on firefighters’ health, particularly the potential link to cancer, remain a subject of debate among lawmakers. Studies by the International Agency for Research on Cancer have labeled [Read More…]

Dylan Castimore, a 24-year-old man from Sioux Falls, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and child abuse in the death of his 8-week-old son, Daxton Castimore. The infant suffered fatal injuries while left alone with his [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Financial experts are cautious heading into the 2025 fiscal year, expecting South Dakota to have one of its lowest increases in revenue in the last 15 years. At the Joint [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A bill to bar the dissemination of unlabeled “deepfakes” within 90 days of an election cleared the state Senate on Tuesday, but not before lawmakers stripped it of an emergency [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — A committee of lawmakers endorsed a bill Tuesday that would add blaze pink as a legally recognized hunter safety color. The South Dakota House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee [Read More…]

A total of 56 individuals have been selected to receive Outstanding Performing Arts Educator Awards from the National Federation of State High School Associations, including 22 with Outstanding Music Educator Awards, 21 with Outstanding Speech [Read More…]

A proposed compromise between bills to improve teacher pay in South Dakota is being considered by the House Education Committee this week in the Capitol. Two bills were introduced earlier this legislative session that approached [Read More…]

Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – More than 10,000 voter registrations in South Dakota weren’t properly transferred to voter rolls due to a computer coding error dating back to 2022, South [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — Another legislative attempt to stop a proposed carbon sequestration pipeline from using eminent domain failed Monday. “It is up to us to defend South Dakotans’ property rights,” said Rep. Jon Hansen, [Read More…]

McCook County, S.D.- Two people died late Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle crash in McCook County. Preliminary crash information indicates 72-year-old Gerald E. Snoozy of Dell Rapids, SD, was driving a 1991 GMC pickup headed westbound on SD Hwy 38. [Read More…]

Lincoln County, S.D.- A 39-year-old Brandon, SD man died Wednesday afternoon in a single vehicle crash in Lincoln County. Preliminary crash information indicates Lucus A. Reimers of Brandon, SD was the driver of a 2023 Ram 2500 Tradesman and was traveling [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight One of the effects of a faster start to this year’s legislative session in Pierre has been the prevalence of “zombie bills,” given new life after an initial defeat. Rather [Read More…]

Timothy Scott White, a resident of Vale, South Dakota, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor, attempted enticement of a minor via the internet, and receipt of child [Read More…]

John Hult and Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Legislators can have contracts with state government if the money comes from the annual budget bill, but not if the money comes from any other bill. That’s [Read More…]

For the second time as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem has been banished from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Last week, the Oglala Sioux Tribe said the Republican governor was no longer welcome on tribal lands, [Read More…]