U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson is taking criticism from his opponent for celebrating a water system’s progress this month, after he voted against a bill two years ago that provided some of the system’s most ...

Cancer took so much from Doris Cardwell. She and her family were uprooted from rural South Dakota in 2007 to treat her aggressive breast cancer diagnosis. She spent over a year in treatment: enduring ...

South Dakota has received over $18 million in national opioid settlement funds since 2022, spending $3 million so far on efforts to track, treat and prevent opioid abuse in the state. It’s the ...

The legislative Government Operations and Audit Committee plans to analyze and question state agencies about alleged crimes within their departments that have come to light this summer. A former state ...

When it comes to retirement finances, Social Security plays a huge role for millions of Americans. There are exceptions for some workers, but for the most part, tens of millions of people spend their ...

Three days after the U.S. Department of Justice announced a plan to help a Native American tribe in South Dakota reduce domestic violence, Republican Governor Kristi Noem called on the department to ...

But first, they need data. Lots of data. Data housed by government agencies, hospitals and other health care facilities, drugmakers, research institutions and insurers. Two leaders with the National ...

The first meeting of the South Dakota Corrections Commission in nearly a year drew calls for transparency and accountability from commissioners, lawmakers and members of the public. Under state law, ...

The state’s legislative oversight committee on medical marijuana was thrust into the world of synthetic THC on Monday as members heard complaints about how loosely regulated, hemp-derived products are ...

HARRISBURG — The Harrisburg City Council rejected an agreement Tuesday evening that would allow the state to connect its proposed men’s prison to the city’s wastewater treatment facility, but a state ...