The tourism industry in South Dakota is continuing to succeed. Visitors spent over 5 billion dollars while in the state. Which is a two-point eight percent increase compared to 2023

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Members of the Sierra Club South Dakota Chapter met at Outdoor Campus West Thursday night to discuss new legislation in the state house and senate with potential impacts on environmental issues. The meeting featured a presentation from South Dakota Searchlight Editor in Chief Seth Tupper, who brought up multiple bills.

With a new administration in the White House, Democrats in South Dakota are wondering what the administration will do to better the lives of South Dakotans.

If passed, the bill, Senate Bill 51 would make it mandatory for the Ten Commandments, and other founding documents, to be displayed in publicly funded elementary, middle and high schools.

Mentoring could be the key to reducing crime and building stronger communities, according to Sioux Falls leaders and organizers of TeamMates Mentoring.

Only in Your State South Dakota recently pinpointed the most perfectly-sized town in the entire state. It's not too big and not too small. And it's pretty darn close to one of the state's biggest cities.

South Dakota had the eighth highest rate of active human trafficking cases in the United States in 2024, according to the South Dakota Survivor Task Force. Now, the state has a comprehensive, newly released toolkit to fight trafficking and help victims.

The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Cold Warning for Western South Dakota. Expect wind chills as low as -45° by tomorrow morning

“We teamed with Feeding South Dakota. We’ve done this for years, it’s a great opportunity to help them out. Our customers enjoy this program,” Menards General Manager Mark Kerr said. This Rapid City drive is collecting food for Feeding South Dakota, so the agency can help feed families all year long.

PIERRE, SD- (South Dakota Public Broadcasting)— The South Dakota Senate has passed a resolution that would bring Missouri River water to drought-prone communities, mostly on the western side of the state.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, including five people

United Way of the Black Hills and Black Hills Reads are hosting a statewide “Race to Read” challenge, designed to encourage South Dakotans