South Dakota’s total cases of COVID-19 has risen above 9,600, and nearly 150 people have died from the virus. Pennington County is still the second most impacted county in the state with over 900 cases. Minnehaha County retains the most cases by county with 4,422. Oglala Lakota County has 155
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WALL – Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative is retiring and returning more in capital credits to members this year – $7.3 million total – and is distributing the funds in August, which is a month ahead of the normal time frame. “This has been a challenging year for people due to
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LAME DEER, Mont. – Much of the information in this article is based on an email communication in the nature of a Press Release forwarded to this reporter from the Tribal President’s Office and a Tribal Council member. The lengthy letter, while unsigned includes direct quotes from President Rynaela Whitman
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RAPID CITY – Rapid Ride and Dial-a-Ride transportation operations are scheduled to resume regular weekday services effective Monday, according to Rapid Transit System (RTS) officials. Starting Monday, RapidRide will resume Monday-Friday routes from 6:20 a.m. to 5:50 p.m. and Dial-a-Ride operations will resume services from 6:10 a.m. to the last
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WASHINGTON – Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) provided an update letter to the South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition on his reformation efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Native American Direct Loan (NADL) program. Although the NADL program is intended to provide mortgage financing for Native American veterans living in reservation
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CEO Dawn Sherman and former CEO Karlene Hunter (left front): Native American Natural Foods team members announce injection of risk capital to “bring bison back to land, lives, and economy of Native American people.” Photo Courtesy: Erika Larsen KYLE – Pine Ridge Indian Reservation-based Native American Natural Foods, the maker
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RAPID CITY – Illuminative, a Native-led nonprofit that focuses on the increased visibility of Native peoples in American society, hosted a virtual town hall via their Facebook page on July 8. The meeting was titled The Time is Now: National Native Town Hall. With a large and diverse amount of
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Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender RAPID CITY- City Council unanimously voted on Monday, July 6, to uphold a veto that was presented by Mayor Steve Allender for a conditional use permit for a homeless outreach center, RV Ministries, at 112 East north St. The conditional use permit was originally declined
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RAPID CITY–Effective Wednesday, all of the City’s park shelters and most park restroom facilities will be available for use. City Parks and Recreation staff are currently taking reservations for shelter use beginning that day. Seven park shelters in the City’s park system are available for use by reservation while nine
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West River Democratic Socialists, in collaboration with Pejuta Press, released an art intervention connecting the visit of US President Donald Trump to Mt. Rushmore with the history of colonial exploitation and violence in Oceti Šakówiŋ territory and across the US. Using the language of ‘Fat Taker’, West River Democratic Socialists
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