A Twitter friend notes that Governor Kristi Noem demonstrates her firefighting expertise by showing up for this week’s Black Hills wildfires wearing camouflage: Step #1…
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South Dakota’s Black Hills fire crews got a quick grip on that wildfire in Custer State Park, thanks in part to a fortuitous thunderstorm that…
Back in December, Black Hills resident and wildfire expert Bill Gabbert called shooting off tons of fireworks over a ponderosa pine forest in July “literally…
Donald Trump is coming to Mount Rushmore this summer. Even though Watertown has canceled its Independence Day fireworks display out of concern for coronavirus spread…
Watertown city officials figure coronavirus is serious enough to cancel the Independence Day fireworks they had scheduled for July 3: With South Dakota’s COVID-19 peak…
Governor Kristi Noem went to the White House Monday to try to talk about family farms and the economy, and what does the Idiot-in-Chief bring…
The Lawrence County delegation to Pierre is proposing a measure to ease firefighting costs for counties. Senate Bill 68, sponsored by Senator Bob Ewing of…
The Whitetail Fire in Custer State Park this month is one tiny flare-up in a long-term increase in wildfire driven by climate change. The Trump budget…
Lightning set Crow Peak on fire over a week ago. As of 8:30 p.m. MDT last night, the fire had burned 1,677 acres—2.6 square miles. In…
The Wind Cave/Cold Brook prescribed burn-turned-wildfire caused a brief stretch of poor air quality in Rapid City on Tuesday. Hot Springs stayed smokier longer. (I check right now and find air quality…