PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – Some ethanol leaders think it’s ironic that Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden brought ...

Total visitor spending in South Dakota in 2024 reached a record high of $5.09 billion, a 2.8% increase compared to 2023. The ...

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden is reviving plans to give away Black Hills land near Mount Rushmore for President Trump to ...

Enjoy the dark, star-blanketed skies from the open-air lower deck, with its comfortable seating area and propane fire pit. It ...

Much of this volcanic ash comes from the Great Basin, a geographic area within which the states of Utah and Nevada lie today.

Retirees warn that staff reductions and seasonal hiring chaos could affect visitors and imperil natural resources ...

While South Dakota and Utah's badlands might be better known, New Mexico's colorful rock formations and remote badland ...

Seth is editor-in-chief of South Dakota Searchlight. He was previously a supervising senior producer for South Dakota Public ...

Retired National Park Service superintendents visited South Dakota Searchlight to express their concerns about Trump's mass ...

South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden signed a bill on Thursday banning the use of eminent domain, which allows private land to be taken for public use, for the construction of carbon dioxide (CO2) ...

When an epidemic of plague struck prairie dogs within South Dakota’s greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem last spring, U.S. Fish ...

Judy Thompson grew up in an apartment perched above a lumberyard and a busy four-lane highway outside of Chicago. She rarely ...