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The first, West River state-licensed medical marijuana sales are now taking place. SDPB’s Lee Strubinger takes us to the grand opening of Rapid City’s first medical marijuana dispensary.
There’s a controversy brewing over the state’s bowhunting license system. Some South Dakota bowhunters say the current program favors out-of-state hunters too much.
A record breaking 3.1 million acres have been enrolled into this year’s federal grassland conservation program. Top states include South Dakota, with nearly 425,000 acres signed up.
A number of national and state conservation groups want Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune to vote for a bill designed to bring back America’s wildlife. The $1.4 billion legislation would help restore habitat and migration routes, control invasive species, and combat diseases.
The federal Agricultural Research Service has a new cloud-seeding technology using electrically charged water particles. Cloud seeding typically involves releasing a salty powder into clouds from a plane, in hopes that moisture will condense on the particles and fall as rain. A new technique releases a charged mist that ultimately does the same — but, apparently, a little better.
A Deadwood property owner has appealed to the South Dakota Supreme Court to overturn the city’s denial of his planned renovation. Harlan Kirwan wanted to cover the façade on Gunslinger Saloon with rough-hewn pine, but the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission said no.
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