RAPID CITY, S.D.– Among the 11 agencies receiving Rapid City Vision Fund money is the Black Hills Area Community Foundation, which works to bring affordable housing to the area. Black Hills Area Community Foundation The foundation is receiving $5 million for its Workforce Development Strategic Housing Trust Fund, built on...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakota legislators are in for an extensive 2022 legislative session. State lawmakers will look to answer many issues facing South Dakota, starting with coming up with objectives and guidelines for the medical marijuana program. However, the legislature could also look to legalize recreational marijuana outright...

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Rapid City Common Council has given the green light to projects receiving Vision Fund money, with distribution taking place through 2024. 11 projects have been approved, with the money totaling just over $26 million. The most money is going to the Indian Boarding Lands Native...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — In extreme cases during the pandemic, empty shelves have made headlines. It all started with a picture in Michigan, showing no toilet paper. Later it came with meat shortages around the U.S. At first, experts pegged it as the case of panic buying. But recently, those...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Local companies are bracing for possible supply chain issues and manufacturing backups. “We were kind of out in front of the supply needs, but coming into next year I’m sure we’ll run into some of the headwinds related to machine availability for sure,” said Sid Houdek,...

RAPID CITY, S.D. – President Joe Biden met with ranchers and farmers on Monday ahead of a new plan to target large-scale meatpacking companies, pushing to help independent producers become more competitive. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, top meatpacking and poultry processing firms in the country own at...

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Despite a quiet start to the year, Rapid City raked in tons of new opportunity for economic growth in 2021. February saw the return of live events again, such as the Black Hills Stock Show and Rapid City Rodeo, with record-breaking livestock sales nearing $2 million....

PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota’s minimum wage is set to increase on January 1, 2022. The state minimum wage rate will go from $9.45/hr. to $9.95/hr. for non-tipped employees – an increase of 50 cents – while the hourly minimum for tipped employees will increase 25 cents to $4.975/hr. The...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Shooting sports lovers, hunters and the in-between will soon have a new facility to sight in their weapons. The South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks have released plans for a new shooting range facility, that will bring a lot more to the area in terms of...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Christmas brings many things for families. There’s the hopeful, energetic wakeup in the morning, or the quality time spent with family members. But there’s also the element of travel that many have to put in to see their family. Travel can be hectic and that’s why...

CUSTER, S.D. — Many athletes were positively impacted by Custer Wildcats legendary coach Larry Luitjens. When you enter the Custer Wildcats Gymnasium, you’ll see banners of athletic awards, the friendly paw and even some memorabilia of Coach Luitjens. Whether it’s his five state championship banners or his banner commemorating his...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — The annual Lakota Nation Invitational Basketball Tournament is back. After the tournament was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…

RAPID CITY, S.D. — On Monday Night, the Rapid City Council heard from the Vision Fund Committee’s list of 16 recommendations to allocate about $26…

CUSTER, S.D. — Custer Market President Mark Schmidt announced Monday that the Custer Care Center will close once residents can find alternative housing. The decision, made by Monument Health’s Board of Directors, is based on a “tight job market”; Schmidt says the decision is “neither a financial decision nor a...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — In her budget address to state legislators on Tuesday, Governor Kristi Noem outlined issues that she wants to allocate funding (a total of $5.7 billion) to help solve problems in public safety, the workforce and infrastructure in South Dakota. I sat down with the Governor to...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Nursing and healthcare worker shortages have impacted every part of the U.S. and South Dakota isn’t immune. “Our state’s number one need is healthcare practitioners,” said Governor Kristi Noem in her annual budget address on Tuesday, December 7. In her address, Gov. Noem called on legislators...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $67.1 billion in October, the lowest in six months, after hitting a record high in September. A big rebound in exports helped to offset a much smaller rise in imports. The October deficit was 17.6% below the September record of $81.4...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — If you’re anything like NewsCenter1’s Colton Hall, a true procrastinator, chances are you’ve waited until now to do your Christmas shopping.…

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Governor Kristi Noem is set to give her annual budget address next week. Then lawmakers will head to Pierre in January for the legislative session and before the busy time begins, Rapid City community members got a chance to voice their concerns with legislators on Thursday...

NEW YORK (AP) — The holidays have always been defined by disappointing out-of-stock messages on the most popular items. But the pandemic-induced supply chain snarls have created unprecedented shortages across all types of products. That has many customers buying early as shortfalls are only expected to worsen as the holiday...