Rene McFarland Haglund, newly elected Pennington County Democratic Party Chair. Photo provided by Haglund. RAPID CITY – While Senator John Thune was in South Dakota attending private events like the Pennington County Republican Women’s group where press access was denied, and the Watertown Rotary Club, the South Dakota Democratic Party
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[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”6″ display=”pro_horizontal_filmstrip”] HOT SPRINGS—Back in 1974 mammoth bones were discovered at a construction site in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Since that time the remains of over 60 mammoths have been recovered at the site, dating from 140,000 years ago to 26,000 years ago. There are a couple of
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Nebraska State Archeologist Dave Williams clears soil away soil as workers dig for the suspected remains of children who once attended the Genoa Indian Industrial School, Monday, July 10, 2023, in Genoa, Neb. The mystery of where the bodies of more than 80 children are buried could be solved this
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RAPID CITY, SD – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a multi- agency law enforcement operation has resulted in 16 federal arrests in Rapid City, South Dakota, and within the Pine Ridge Reservation. Operation Snowy Ridge was organized by the FBI to clear outstanding warrants related to
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Jeff King and Lynette Two Bulls, Food Sovereignty Project. (Photo by Clara Caufield) LAME DEER, Mont. – On April 11, 2025 the Food Sovereignty project set up in a parking lot near the Cheyenne Mini-mall in Lame Deer, MT. The mission was to give starter seed kits and seed potatoes
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Hobart Lone Hill in his two-fisted boxing prime. (Photo courtesy Mark Lonehill) RAPID CITY—Sixty-seven years after Hobart Lonehill hung up his gloves, he and older brother Edgar are 2025 inductees into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. Born in 1932, and four years older than Hobart, Edgar was a
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PLS dig expanded in 2022 that straddles Sturgis Road. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Pete Lien and Sons (PLS) from Rapid City want to drill for graphite near Pe’ Sla, a high mountain prairie that is a sacred site of the Lakota people. The project proposed, called the
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Ron His Horse is Thunder ALEXANDRIA, VA – The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) expresses great sorrow at the passing of longtime Tribal College leader Ron His Horse Is Thunder on March 26, 2025. A descendant of Sitting Bull, His Horse Is Thunder (Hunkpapa Lakota) was an educator, lawyer,
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Principal Lundeen talking with members of NDN Collective, one of the vendors. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Central High School sponsored a Community Night on Tuesday evening for the families and students of Central High School and North Middle School eighth grade students. The evening featured a meal,
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Hobart Lonehill RAPID CITY— Any tribal community is going to produce some great athletes, and the Rapid City Indian Community is no exception, starting in the 1950’s with basketball star Vince Whipple at Rapid City High. But back in the 1950’s another sport made the top of the sports pages
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