Federal money to prevent Black Hills forest fires left 'in limbo'
“There’s nothing approaching fraud or waste in this, and very dollar will be used to do something good for the Black Hills.”
Is Canada South Dakota's biggest trading partner?
A short fact brief that refutes or confirms a claim with supporting information and additional evidence and context.
Small businesses tap South Dakota tourism growth
Visitor spending topped $5 billion last year and supports 9% of the workforce, or nearly 59,000 jobs, many of them smaller operators. "We have the ability to do things that maybe other hotels don't."
Prison site's previous owners would be 'rolling over in their graves'
Tom Eiesland, who lives next door and worked the farm for more than 40 years, said the project will 'absolutely destroy the community.' The final story in a 3-part series.
Do South Dakotans have the highest rate of medical debt in the nation?
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Prison project faces legislative, legal hurdles
"A prison, like a jail, is a necessary government function, and it must be located somewhere," a state circuit judge ruled. Part 2 of a 3-part series.
State prison project draws strong views, harsh criticism
Perspectives from neighbors, policy analysts, law enforcement and governors show plenty of division surrounding South Dakota's plan to build a new prison in rural Lincoln County.