TUESDAY EVENING UPDATE: Firefighters continue to make progress on the Qury Fire south of Custer, holding containment lines and expanding mop‑up operations taking advantage of favorable weather conditions. The Type 3 Interagency Incident Management Team reports the fire is now 27% contained at 9,059 acres, with 358 pe...

A Rapid City man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting at the Oxford Square apartments last year. Police say Kane Youngman is accused of killing 29‑year‑old Monte Gakin in August 2025. Officers responding to reports of gunfire found Gakin inside the apartment complex. Investigators later identified ...

Governor Larry Rhoden on Tuesday signed nine "good government" bills into law, including SB 39, which repeals South Dakota's industrial hemp program. Rhoden said the measures reduce the size of state government, cut regulation, and improve accountability. The governor also approved eight additional bills: SB ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the final defendant in a 2022 double homicide in Rapid City has been sentenced to life in prison. Montell Olivera, 29, received three life sentences Friday in Pennington County Circuit Court after being convicted of two counts of first‑degree murder and conspiracy to c...

The Black Hills National Forest has lifted the emergency closure put in place for the Qury Fire area. Officials announced Tuesday that the Emergency Area Closure Order was rescinded effective immediately. The now‑rescinded closure covered National Forest System lands west of the US 385/US 16A intersection to the Cust...

Buckingham Palace is still expected to move ahead with King Charles' planned visit to the United States, but the trip is now under heavier political p...

Airlines began canceling flights as a powerful winter storm moved across large parts of the United States, bringing heavy snow, strong winds, and dang...

A new push from Washington is drawing mixed reactions from key allies as tensions continue to build around the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's mo...

A new phase in the conflict between the United States and Iran is unfolding as Washington pushes for international support to safeguard one of the wor...

A federal judge has temporarily stopped the U.S. government from ending immigration protections for roughly 1,100 Somali nationals living in the count...