Chuck Thompson

Various government agencies, railroads, tribes hone emergency preparedness in wake of 2016 derailment

The U.S. Forest Service, Mystic Ranger District of the Black Hills National Forest and South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks held a community meeting

This story was initially published by Columbia Insight. On June 13, 2023, shortly after 9 a.m., Wasco County Sheriff Lane Magill was among the first to receive the report of an event everyone in the Columbia River Gorge dreads. An oil train with 23 tank cars carrying 540,000 gallons of crude oil had derailed near […]

Rapid City Council voted to remove a contingency hindering the Native American Community Center from receiving funding from the City's Vision Fund.

A controversial item in a contract agreement between the Pennington County Commission and the Central States Fair banning firearms during the fair was rescinded Tuesday morning at the county commissioners meeting.

The South Dakota Department of Transportation held an open house to layout its planning phase of collecting information on the possible closure of

Shannon Rittberger, director of Equalization for Pennington County presented a summary of how assessments are determined across the county for property taxes.

The Vision Fund of Rapid City was presented on Monday at the Rapid City Council meeting. Mayor Jason Salamun presented round eight of the Vision Fund plan for heading into 2025 to 2029.

The hit series has transported audiences to an ancient Japan that still exists—if you know where to look. Here’s where to find it.

New book: National forest’s namesake was all about conservation, but he’s viewed as someone who facilitated exploitation