PIERRE – Beginning Oct. 24, mandatory 10-digit dialing will start to take effect across South Dakota. On and after this date, you must dial the area code + telephone number for all local calls. Local calls dialed with only seven digits may not be completed. Instead, a recording may
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RAPID CITY – The Rapid City Police Department is currently seeking community participation in a short survey that gauges residents’ perspectives on the state of public safety and associated services within Rapid City. Every three years, as part of its accreditation requirements set by the Commission on Accreditation for
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Money to be used for multi-purpose steel buildings PINE RIDGE—Each of the nine districts on the Pine Ridge Reservation has been allocated $6 million by the tribal council for construction of a multi-purpose facility. The $54 million allocation came from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (FRF). “They are giving
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By Stephen Groves, AP SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota lawmakers have summoned two people who were present at a meeting Gov. Kristi Noem held last year that included her daughter, Kassidy Peters, and state employees who were overseeing Peters’ application for a real estate appraiser license. The Legislature’s Government Operations
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The Oglethorpe Echo has been published for 148 years. Grady College students will work at the paper as part of a new non-profit entity, The Oglethorpe Echo Legacy Inc. (Background Photo: Unsplash; Foreground photo: Georgia Historic Newspapers) Grady College journalists are teaming with one of their alums to rescue a
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Blackwater Community School. (Photo Courtesy) TEMPE, AZ. – Construction on the new Blackwater Community School, a two-story structure on the Gila River Indian Community, located southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, was completed on August 31, 2021. The school serves pre-school, the Family and Child Education Program (F.A.C.E.) and K-5 Grade School.
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PIERRE – Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation provides educational experience and resources for Native American students. In 2010, The Indian University of North America began assisting college-bound Native Americans by providing students their first semester of college as a transition from high school to that of higher education. Throughout the 7th
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Children sit with placards with the names of children who died at the old Rapid City Indian Boarding School during last year’s ceremony in front of a hillside that researchers determined hold unmarked graves of some of the deceased children. A memorial is planned to honor the children at the
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Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen on the right. (Courtesy Photo of New York Times) Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen has been revealed as the source behind tens of thousands of pages of leaked internal company research, which she says show that the company has been negligent in
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RAPID CITY – A walk to promote awareness on domestic violence and the devasting effects it has on children and families will take place on Oct. 9. Native Women’s Society of the Great Plains has coordinated the walk offering beautifully designed t-shirts, water, and snacks to those who participate. Registration
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