Millions for disaster relief

The federal government will reimburse up to 75% of public infrastructure repair costs from storms that hit eight South Dakota counties and two Native American reservations in late June and early July, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday. The Oglala Sioux Tribe, meanwhile, is in line for the same level of reimbursements for repairs […]

A Fort Thompson resident and member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe who has more than two decades of experience working with crime victims will serve as South Dakota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous People specialist.  Marlys Big Eagle will fill the role vacated earlier this summer by Allison Morrisette, who in 2022 became the first […]

President Donald Trump’s executive order placing new restrictions on mail-in voting would assign state officials a Herculean task to reach compliance before the crucial midterm elections. The order directed the U.S. Postal Service to strictly regulate the envelope design of mail-in ballots and to collect voter data from each state through an online portal, among […]