Kristi Noem

Former President Donald Trump is attending a sold-out rally in Rapid City on Friday. The event is billed as a fundraiser for the state Republican party. The event could signal much more.

The Republican lawmaker who brought a failed lithium mining tax proposal last session is working on another piece of legislation. That comes as one company has already announced intentions to search for lithium in two areas of the Black Hills.

Another round of funding for rural high-speed broadband projects in South Dakota is available.

Gov. Kristi Noem says her ‘Freedom Works Here’ ad campaign is the most successful one in state history. The governor’s office said the national workforce recruitment campaign has attracted hundreds to the state, but the push relies on stretching a key fact.

Gov. Kristi Noem has signed an order expanding emergency flood relief to two more counties.

The Monument Fine Arts theater in Rapid City played host to the communities second change of command ceremony in as many months – this time, for the state National Guard. The event brought some big names out to West River.

The leader of the state Senate Republican caucus said he’s concerned about the allegations against Rapid City Senator Jessica Castleberry. Castleberry accused of receiving over $603,000 in federal pandemic aid, a violation of the state constitution.

Gov. Kristi Noem announced her “Freedom Works Here” campaign is sponsoring a NASCAR stock car in a partnership with Live Fast Motorsports.

Attorney General Marty Jackley is investigating constitutional violations by a Rapid City senator. The lawmaker, who owns a preschool business, received well over half-a-million dollars in COVID relief payments.

Governor Kristi Noem is celebrating the state’s unemployment rate, which sits below two percent. But low jobless numbers present a different challenge for the state.