Citizens fill seats at the Monday night City Council meeting. Photos by Marnie Cook. RAPID CITY – The Rapid City City Council at the regular meeting on Monday, December 1, 2025, heard from citizens about the proposed destination district also known as Libertyland. Rapid City residents will be able to
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It is one thing for outsiders to read about Sand Creek in history books, where words flatten the horror into dates and numbers. It is another to carry the memory in our blood, as Northern Cheyenne people do. On the cold dawn of November 29, 1864, our relatives—the Cheyenne
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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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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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Traditional ribbon skirts. (Photo courtesy of Indigenous Perspectives Society) Ribbon skirts are handmade skirts worn typically by Indigenous communities. Each skirt is made up of fabric and multiple ribbon colors. Ribbon skirts are most likely worn during pow-wows but can be worn daily; ribbon skirts symbolize Indigenous pride. Mina Seminole,
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Simon Contractors formerly Hills Materials on Sturgis Road. (photos by Marnie cook) RAPID CITY – A number of groups have formed what a local Native leader called a “winning coalition” to protect the sacred sites of the Black Hills and more. “In South Dakota, I do believe that the coalitions
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