North Dakota state Rep. Robin Weisz, at left, and state Sen. Jerry Klein, both Republicans, inspect alternative maps proposed by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, during a meeting of a top legislative panel at the state Capitol in
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Cutline Gary Whipple Gary Whipple, Honor’s uncle, shows a visitor the bench that Honor built with his classmates at Sapa Un Jesuit Academy in St. Francis, S.D. It has now become a memorial to the boy’s impact on the school. (Photo: Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch) Editor’s note:
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The U.S. Department of Labor released the country’s latest job report, showing that the economy added 216,000 more jobs in the fourth quarter of 2023. Daniel Hornung, Deputy Director of the White House’s National Economic Council, shares insights to what the new job reports means for the region. WASHINGTON—On Friday,
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The Oglala Sioux Tribe and City of Martin, South Dakota are at odds over a public records request made in fall 2023. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal) MARTIN – The City of Martin, South Dakota and the Oglala Sioux Tribe are at odds over a public records request
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A personalized license plate requested and eventually approved for South Dakota resident Lynn Hart. (Courtesy of Lynn Hart) The state will pay the legal bills for a man who won a First Amendment case in federal court that centered on personalized license plates. Earlier this month, the state of South
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BISMARCK, ND – Each day an estimated 10-15 people risk their lives when they walk or bike across town on the main highway route on the Turtle Mountain Reservation. At least six people have died in the past 15 years. An unknown number of others have been injured on the
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LAME DEER, MT – A portion of the Montana Highway 212 Corridor, running from Crow Agency to Alzada, often called the “deadliest” state road has finally got the attention of key officials. A new Highway 212 Safety Task Force, funded by federal and state money has been established and held
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Rose Cordier-Beauvais, 70, visits the gravesite of her grandson, Honor Beauvais, at St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Mission, S.D. Honor was 12 when he died during winter storms that pounded the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in December 2022. (Photo: Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch) Part one of a two
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Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources map shows reported spills remediated and still under remediation in a 7.5 mile circumference of Wharf Gold Mine near Lead, South Dakota in the northern Black Hills. Photo credit/ Courtesy of SD DANR’s interactive tool Part one of a four part series. RAPID
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WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a $27 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to protect Tribal communities by repairing and upgrading clean water systems and replacing failing dams. The President’s Investing in America agenda – a key pillar of Bidenomics – is deploying record
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