Native American university enrollment

by Makenzie Huber

Native American student enrollment at South Dakota public universities has returned to its pre-pandemic level, according to a new report. Black Hills State University in Spearfish had 227 Native American students during the 2025-26 school year, up 49 from 178 the year before. That 28% increase was a major factor in the 6% systemwide growth […]

by Meghan O'Brien

South Dakota’s first statewide runoff election is Tuesday. Leading up to the polls opening, Searchlight Report host Meghan O’Brien takes listeners back to the beginning of the campaigns for the Republican nomination for governor, through debates and polling and to the final days leading up to Election Day. After a close four-way race, political outsider […]

by Seth Tupper

It’s easy to imagine people taking government warnings about forest fires less seriously after their government explodes $700,000 worth of fireworks over a forest. That’s one of many problems with July fireworks displays at Mount Rushmore — problems that will apparently be ignored as long as Donald Trump is in the White House. On July […]

by Sam Gauntt

A group of current and former U.S. Department of Agriculture employees are calling on the Trump administration to halt the mandated relocation of more than 2,500 employees from its Washington, D.C., headquarters to five regional offices across the country.  In an online briefing hosted by federal union leaders Thursday, speakers said the reorganization process USDA […]