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Bee colony loss at ‘unsustainable’ rate, hurting ag industry and consumers
For more than a decade, beekeepers in South Dakota and around the country have been fighting against historically high annual colony loss rates of more than 30%.
The continued loss of colonies has the potential to affect roughly 100 different agricultural crops across the country and could raise food prices
Carbon dioxide pipeline proposals in South Dakota: What you need to know
For more than a year, a highly divisive debate has raged in South Dakota over two proposed carbon dioxide pipelines that would capture the toxic gas from ethanol plants and carry it to North Dakota and Illinois for disposal underground.
The stakes are extremely high on both sides of the
Indigenous artists in S.D. travel new paths to prosperity
WHITECLAY, NEB. – Within concrete walls that once housed a liquor store that fueled alcoholism and death among residents of the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, renowned Native American artist Evans Flammond Sr. deftly draws lines on a huge buffalo hide.
Sitting at a table in the building in this small
South Dakota population on track to top 1 million by 2030 after ‘significant’ growth
A trend of surging domestic migration to South Dakota that began during the COVID-19 pandemic could put the state’s total population above 1 million residents as early as 2030.
That growth pattern runs counter to other Midwestern states and highlights the fact that more people are moving to South
Updated: Tension between governor and GOP-led Legislature stalls $200 million workforce housing program
Steve Westra, head of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, announced in April that he is resigning from his position effective May 22, 2023.
No formal reason for the resignation was given, though Gov. Kristi Noem said in a statement: “South Dakotans are building the strongest economy in America
Nonprofit aims to help South Dakota businesses sell products internationally
TEA, S.D. – Alisa Turner can readily remember the trepidation she felt a decade ago when her company made its first international sale to a Cabela’s retail store in Canada.
Turner is a co-owner and CEO of Ruff Land Kennels in Tea, which makes industry-leading, one-piece molded plastic kennels.
Fatal train crash highlights lack of railroad crossing protections in South Dakota
HARRISBURG, S.D. – Jodi Kuipers learned the hard way how much time, work and determination it takes to get safety improvements made at a railroad crossing in South Dakota, even at the site of a tragedy that took the lives of two of her closest family members.
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