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CRST member to lead state’s Urban Indian Health board

CRST member to lead state’s Urban Indian Health board

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CRST member to lead state’s Urban Indian Health board

News Staff
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
The South Dakota Urban Indian Health Board of Directors last week appointed a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to lead the nearly 50-year-old organization.

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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe member selected as Bush Fellow

News Staff
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
The Bush Foundation last week announced its 2025 Bush Fellows – individuals whose bold vision and leadership are shaping communities in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography.

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Dewey County okays burn ban adjustment to D1 drought level

Kathy Nelson
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
The Dewey County Commission made a change in a proposed open burn ban ordinance, voted to advertise for sale three pieces of property and a 2019 vehicle, and to call for bids for crushing 50,000 tons of gravel at the Floyd Smith gravel pit.
Land enrolled in the Public Access to Habitat program is recognized with a sign on the property. Photo courtesy of Pheasants Forever

Land enrolled in the Public Access to Habitat program is recognized with a sign on the property. Photo courtesy of Pheasants Forever

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Ziebach County landowner enrolls nearly 30,000 acres in public access initiative

Joshua Haiar Sd Searchlight
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Pheasants Forever has enrolled a new landowner in its Public Access to Habitat (PATH) program that will open nearly 30,000 new acres of private land - much of it in Ziebach County - to public hunting and recreation.
Clara Nilson, daughter of Kyle and Alision Nilson, screams as she goes down the giant water slide at the Timber Lake Fire Department’s annual 4th of July picnic last Friday. The water slide and other inflatables helped the kids beat the heat outside while the firemen served up traditional picnic food of burgers, hot dogs and watermelon in the Timber Lake Community Center. Photo by Jon Flatland

Clara Nilson, daughter of Kyle and Alision Nilson, screams as she goes down the giant water slide at the Timber Lake Fire Department’s annual 4th of July picnic last Friday. The water slide and other inflatables helped the kids beat the heat outside while the firemen served up traditional picnic food of burgers, hot dogs and watermelon in the Timber Lake Community Center. Photo by Jon Flatland

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Fun on the Fourth

News Staff
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Dark areas on this map of South Dakota indicate regions considered “legal deserts” due to a lack of attorneys and other factors.

Dark areas on this map of South Dakota indicate regions considered “legal deserts” due to a lack of attorneys and other factors.

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Mobile legal aid office - the Justice Bus - launches in S.D.

Makenzie Huber Sd Searchlight
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Will be at Eagle Butte’s Hometown Days on July 17A nonprofit providing legal aid to low-income South Dakotans has launched the state’s first mobile legal aid office, aiming to increase accessibility across the state.
The U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed a complaint and compliance order on Jack’s Service in Isabel after an inspection last year indicated fuels remained in a 3,000 gallon underground storage tank despite the business closing in late 2022. Photo by Jon Flatland

The U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed a complaint and compliance order on Jack’s Service in Isabel after an inspection last year indicated fuels remained in a 3,000 gallon underground storage tank despite the business closing in late 2022. Photo by Jon Flatland

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EPA files complaint, compliance order on Jack’s Service

News Staff
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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