The Latest Breaking News from Rapid City

Wells drying up at South Dakota homes and ranches due to heat and drought

Gordon and Connie Howie are struggling with water shortages on their cattle ranch in western South Dakota

The Independent UK · Sep 3

Trump statue unveiled in South Dakota city to half-filled auditorium as protesters gathered outside

Republican Congressman Dusty Johnson spoke at the ceremony and sent a special video message to the president, which Trump later reposted

The Independent UK · May 4, 2025

Education Department withdraws from plan to address discipline disparities for Native students

The Education Department has withdrawn from an agreement to address disparities in discipline for Native American students at a South Dakota school system, saying it was wrongly rooted in efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2025

In America, cancer patients endure debt on top of disease

RAPID CITY, S.D. ― Jeni Rae Peters would make promises to herself as she lay awake nights after being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2022

Racism feud erupts in South Dakota after Rapid City hotelier bans ‘Natives’

A shooting, social media posts, ostensible racism and a feud with local government have disrupted quiet Rapid City, South Dakota, writes Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022

Suit filed over threat to ban Native Americans from hotel

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a federal courthouse in a South Dakota city to cheer the filing of a federal lawsuit over a hotel owner’s pledge to ban Native Americans from the property

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022