Rapid City Arts Council (RCAC) new Executive Director, Travis Dewes. PHOTO COURTESY RAPID CITY – The Rapid City Arts Council (RCAC) is ecstatic to announce that Travis Dewes has been named the new Executive Director of the Rapid City Arts Council, effective immediately. An arts and museum professional in the
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Oitancan “Oi” Zephier, manager of KILI radio in Porcupine, South Dakota, works on the station’s 2026 budget on Nov. 13, 2025. (Photo by John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) PORCUPINE — For the past few weeks, Oitancan “Oi” Zephier has labored among piles of vinyl records nearly 2 feet high. KILI-FM, the
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AP US Department of Education COURTESY PHOTO Tribal leaders and education advocates said the Education Department failed to meet a statutory requirement by not consulting with tribes before announcing the transfer of dozens of Native American education programs to other federal agencies. This week, the Education Department said it would
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The sixth year of the SDSU Extension Crop Hour webinar series will begin on Jan. 6, 2026, with several days of presentations on topics such as soil health. There will be new topics each week for eight weeks. (Photo courtesy of USDA NRCS) BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State University
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is undergoing sweeping changes this week that will force millions of Americans to reapply for benefits. Federal officials have expanded work requirements and narrowed exemptions, reshaping how households qualify for food aid. Under the new rules, able-bodied adults between the ages of 18 and 64
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Lakota Renville was living in north Kansas City at the time of her death following a move from the Lake Traverse Reservation in northeastern South Dakota. (Courtesy Waynette Renville) Waynette Renville remembers clearly the last time she and her three younger sisters had a conversation together. The four Sisseton Wahpeton
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Captain Ryan Marks of the Rapid City Fire Department, teacher Deb Daly, and spiritual leaders Tom and Carla Cheyenne. RAPID CITY – Community members gathered at the Minneluzahan Senior Center for a heartfelt evening of recognition and solidarity: the Celebrating Champions of Compassion event. Sponsored by Pejuta Waste Otipi (Good
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Linebacker Sam O’Rourke (33) on the field against nationally ranked #7 St John’s University. (Photo courtesy Sam O’Rourke) PINE RIDGE— Most high school football players are not going to get big college scholarship offers, and they are not going to graduate summa cum laude. But these players do not lack
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Four way in Rapid City, SD effected by the widespread power outage. (Photo courtesy of msn.com) Officials confirmed early this morning that the widespread power outage affecting large portions of Wyoming and western South Dakota was caused by what experts are calling a “tumbleweed surge event,” after an overnight windstorm
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Dr. Millicent Pepion presenting her study at the 40th WSR symposium. Photo by Marnie Cook. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO – At the recent Wicazo Sa Review (WSR) Fortieth Anniversary Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Indigenous scholarship met modern innovation as Dr. Millicent Pepion (Bitter Water Clan born for the Blackfeet Nation)
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