When U.S. President-elect Joe Biden was the former Vice President, he knelt before Native U.S. Congresswoman Deb Haaland at her unprecedented election victory. COURTESY / Deb Haaland for Congress WASHINGTON – When U.S. President-elect Joe Biden chose New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his Interior Secretary, the nomination was the
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While masks and social distancing are the two prime strategies any person can use to combat the spread of COVID-19, the very practice of them restricts people from doing what people do best— galvanizing others to do something positive and productive. One simple individual way to help health care workers
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“That stimulus check really did help quite a bit,” Dominic Eastman (right) said, after Sicangu Oyate volunteer OFFER CARES Coordinator Ronald L. Neiss (left) helped him file to obtain it. COURTESY / Project Stimulus PART V ROSEBUD – Dominic Eastman was the first recipient of a pandemic stimulus check in
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Part 2 of 2 Dakota warriors attack White settlements during the Dakota War of 1862 Even out in the rough and tumble American West, war had rules, and history clearly indicates both sides had a problem observing them. The folks in Washington knew the rules, and expected others to observe
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RAPID CITY – Farmers will be able to go grow hemp during the growing season of 2021 after the South Dakota Rules Review Committee approved the state’s industrial hemp rules on Dec. 7. The South Dakota Department of Agriculture oversees the industrial hemp program but the Department of Public safety
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RAPID CITY – Soo San Drive, a road in West Rapid City which was previously associated with the Rapid City Indian Boarding School, has been renamed to Sioux San Drive by the Rapid City Council in a 9-1 vote. The issue was met with little discussion and the only dissenting
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Artist Dale Lamphere and BHSU President Laurie S. Nichols with the scale model of The Hive sculpture that honors the connections between the University and Spearfish community. SPEARFISH – A 20-foot sculpture by Dale Claude Lamphere, a Sturgis resident who attended Black Hills State University before going on to an
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RAPID CITY – Officials are reminding City utility customers with overdue accounts that beginning next month, the City will resume discontinuation of residential and commercial utility services for non-payment of utility bills. This practice was suspended in March due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. City utility customers with
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A civil lawsuit filed in the wake of a bond scandal that defrauded the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation and retirement investment funds of $43 million has been dismissed. The suit alleged that law firms involved failed to perform their due diligence in the issuance of the fraudulent bonds. The Wakpamni
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RAPID CITY – The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed Donna Gilbert, Julie Mohney, and Charmaine White Face’s challenge against IHS about Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board’s (GPTCHB) 638 contract. The original challenge was dismissed from the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota –
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