Pheasants Forever has enrolled a new landowner in its Public Access to Habitat (PATH) program that will open nearly 30,000 ...

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight A nonprofit providing legal aid to low-income South Dakotans launched the state’s ...

The study, published in the spring edition of the South Dakota Law Review, is among the first efforts to identify U.S. legal deserts, though it’s enough of a growing concern that several states have ...

He and his staff keep landslide maps and, starting more than a decade ago, have thus far documented 9,000 slides in the southwestern one-fourth of the state, or across about 9 million acres in area.

From bison encounters to ancient wilderness, these are the Most Treasured Views in South Dakota. Here’s how to see them.

All of the Black Hills and much of western South Dakota was formerly part of the Great Sioux Reservation, guaranteed by the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie. The 1880’s gold rush led to encroachment onto ...

CUSTER COUNTY, S.D. — Southwestern South Dakota's Custer County includes about 996,441 acres of land, of which a 2008 report from the county says 484,317 is publicly owned. And now, some people ...

South Dakota regulators say Summit Carbon Solutions will need to reapply for a permit application to build a carbon dioxide pipeline. The decision is another setback for the multi-state project.

A sign protesting the installation of a Summit Carbon Solutions carbon dioxide capture pipeline stands March 10 on a farm in Lake County, S.D. On Tuesday, South Dakota regulators denied Summit a ...

Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it ...

South Dakota Jackrabbits guard Haleigh Timmer (13) rushes to the basket on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at the First Bank and Trust Arena in Brookings, S.D. / Samantha Laurey / Argus Leader / USA ...

South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden has invited former President Donald Trump to build his proposed National Garden of American Heroes in the Black Hills. Rhoden suggests a plot of land offered by ...